Effects of sciatic nerve axotomy on excitatory synaptic transmission in rat substantia gelatinosa

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3203-3215

  Chen, Yishen ^a   Balasubramanyan, Sridhar ^a   Lai, Aaron Y ^a   Todd, Kathryn G ^a   Smith, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROGLIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHANTOM PAIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXOTOMY; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LAMINECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRIDAZINES; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 72749093557     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00296.2009     Document Type: Article

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