Involvement of the Cav3.2 T-type calcium channel in thalamic neuron discharge patterns

Molecular Pain

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Liao, Yi Fang ^a   Tsai, Meng Li ^b   Chen, Chien Chang ^c   Yen, Chen Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV3.2; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; PENTOBARBITAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN; CA(V)3.2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR THALAMIC NEURON; TOUCH; VENTROPOSTERIOR NEURON; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; THALAMUS;

EID: 79957794185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-43     Document Type: Article

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