GABA increases electrical excitability in a subset of human unmyelinated peripheral axons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Carr, Richard W ^a   Sittl, Ruth ^a   Fleckenstein, Johannes ^a   Grafe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PICROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MODULATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SURAL NERVE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 77649335342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008780     Document Type: Article

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