Acetylcholine and norepinephrine mediate GABAergic but not glycinergic transmission enhancement by melittin in adult rat substantia gelatinosa neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-246

  Liu, Tao ^a,b   Fujita, Tsugumi ^a   Kumamoto, Eiichi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inhibitory transmission; Pain; Phospholipase A2

Indexed keywords

2 [[2 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)ETHYL]AMINOMETHYL] 1,4 BENZODIOXAN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; MECAMYLAMINE; MELITTIN; NICOTINE; NORADRENALIN; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; TROPISETRON;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLYCINERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; DIOXANES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; INDOLES; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MELITTEN; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RATS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79959956650     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00838.2010     Document Type: Article

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