Thermal sensitivity of voltage-gated Na+ channels and A-type K+ channels contributes to somatosensory neuron excitability at cooling temperatures

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1145-1154

  Sarria, Ignacio ^a   Ling, Jennifer ^a   Gu, Jianguo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cold; dorsal root ganglions; pain; voltage gated K+ channels; voltage gated Na+ channels

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL A TYPE; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; PAIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 84865710574     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07839.x     Document Type: Article

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