Enhanced excitatory and reduced inhibitory synaptic transmission contribute to persistent pain-induced neuronal hyper-responsiveness in anterior cingulate cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1314-1325

  Gong, K R ^a   Cao, F L ^b   He, Y ^a   Gao, C Y ^a   Wang, D D ^a   Li, H ^a   Zhang, F K ^a   An, Y Y ^a   Lin, Q ^c   Chen, J ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; MEPSC; MIPSC; Persistent nociception; SEPSC; SIPSC

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BICUCULLINE; BIOPHYSICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GYRUS CINGULI; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PAIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 78650173824     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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