Dissociation of μ- and δ-opioid inhibition of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in superficial dorsal horn

Molecular Pain

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wrigley, Paul J ^a   Jeong, Hyo Jin ^a   Vaughan, Christopher W ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DELTORPHIN; DELTORPHIN II; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MENTHOL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; 1 (2 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 (3 NITROPHENYL) 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDROPYRIMIDIN 2 ONE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATES; MALE; MENTHOL; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRIMIDINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77958149416     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-6-71     Document Type: Article

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