Presynaptic inhibition of primary afferents by depolarization: Observations supporting nontraditional mechanisms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1198, Issue , 2010, Pages 140-152

  Hochman, Shawn ^a   Shreckengost, Jacob ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^b   Quevedo, Jorge ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; DRP; PAD; presynaptic inhibition; sensory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ALANINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3A RECEPTOR; TAURINE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DENDRITE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INNERVATION; MAMMAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME; VERTEBRATE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE ENDINGS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPSES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77954591532     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05436.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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