Functional significance of M-type potassium channels in nociceptive cutaneous sensory endings

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Passmore, Gayle M ^a   Reilly, Joanne M ^a   Thakur, Matthew ^a   Keasberry, Vanessa N ^a,b   Marsh, Stephen J ^a   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a   Brown, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitability; KCNQ; Kv7; M channel; Retigabine; XE991

Indexed keywords

10,10 BIS(4 PYRIDINYLMETHYL) 9(10H) ANTHRACENONE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV7.2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL M TYPE; RETIGABINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DELTA NERVE FIBER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84864015496     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00063     Document Type: Article

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