Amitriptyline modulates calcium currents and intracellular calcium concentration in mouse trigeminal ganglion neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-311

  Wu, Wenhui ^a   Ye, Qing ^b   Wang, Wenjuan ^c   Yan, LanYun ^a   Wang, Qiang ^c   Xiao, Hang ^c   Wan, Qi ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Calcium channels; Intracellular Ca 2+; Migraine; Patch clamp recording; Trigeminal ganglion

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 5 METHOXY 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 84655163852     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.031     Document Type: Article

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