Modulation of synaptic transmission from primary afferents to spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons by group iii mglurs in gad65-egfp transgenic mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1102-1111

  Cui, Lian ^a   Kim, Yoo Rim ^a   Kim, Hye Young ^a   Lee, Seok Chan ^b   Shin, Hee Sup ^b   Szabó, Gábor ^c   Erdélyi, Ferenc ^c   Kim, Jun ^a   Kim, Sang Jeong ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gabaergic interneuron; Group iii metabotropic glutamate receptors; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955156737     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00108.2010     Document Type: Article

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