Nerve growth factor enhances the excitability of rat sensory neurons through activation of the atypical protein kinase C isoform, PKMζ

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 315-335

  Zhang, Y H ^a   Kays, J ^a   Hodgdon, K E ^a   Sacktor, T C ^b   Nicol, G D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Neuronal firing; P75 neurotrophin receptor; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; BISINDOLYLMALEIMIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; NEOMYCIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C IOTA; PROTEIN KINASE C LAMBDA; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84255171150     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00030.2011     Document Type: Article

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