Long-term effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on the frequency of inhibitory synaptic events in the rat superficial dorsal horn

Neuroscience

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1135-1143

  Lu, V B ^a   Colmers, W F ^a   Smith, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

central sensitization; chronic constriction injury; dorsal horn; electrophysiology; GABA; neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66049102252     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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