Inflammation-induced changes in BK Ca currents in cutaneous dorsal root ganglion neurons from the adult rat

Molecular Pain

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Xiu Lin ^a   Mok, Lee Peng ^c   Lee, Kwan Yeop ^a   Charbonnet, Marcel ^a   Gold, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro; Nociceptor; Perforated patch; Sensitization; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

IBERIOTOXIN; PAXILLINE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN;

EID: 84861123749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-8-37     Document Type: Article

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