Gabapentin selectively reduces persistent sodium current in injured type-A dorsal root ganglion neurons

Pain

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 48-55

  Yang, Rui Hua ^a   Wang, Wen Ting ^a   Chen, Jing Yuan ^a   Xie, Rou Gang ^a   Hu, San Jue ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Gabapentin; Neuropathic pain; Persistent sodium current; Resonance

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GABAPENTIN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, SPINAL; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 63449122889     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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