BKCa currents are enriched in a subpopulation of adult rat cutaneous nociceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-462

  Zhang, Xiu Lin ^a,b   Mok, Lee Peng ^a,c   Katz, Elizabeth J ^a,d   Gold, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro; Nociceptor; Primary afferent neuron; Sensitization; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CAPSAICIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; IBERIOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; PAXILLINE; BKCA PROTEIN, RAT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; WHOLE CELL; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 75749125756     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07060.x     Document Type: Article

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