Excitatory synaptic transmission in the spinal substantia gelatinosa is under an inhibitory tone of endogenous adenosine

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 477, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-32

  Tian, Li ^a   Ji, Genlin ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Bai, Xiaoguang ^a   Lu, Yan ^a   Xiong Lize, L ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Background synaptic inhibition; Endogenous adenosine; Spinal dorsal horn; Substantia gelatinosa

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; 4 [2 [7 AMINO 2 (2 FURYL) 1,2,4 TRIAZOLO[2,3 A][1,3,5]TRIAZIN 5 YLAMINO]ETHYL]PHENOL; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A1; RECEPTORS, ADENOSINE A2; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIOINOSINE; XANTHINES;

EID: 77952954507     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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