Pharmacological fractionation of tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium currents in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons by μ-conotoxins

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-114

  Zhang, Min Min ^a   Wilson, Michael J ^a   Gajewiak, Joanna ^a   Rivier, Jean E ^b   Bulaj, Grzegorz ^a   Olivera, Baldomero M ^a   Yoshikami, Doju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

conotoxin PIIIA; conotoxin SmIIIA; conotoxin TIIIA; dorsal root ganglion; superior cervical ganglion; tetrodotoxin; voltage gated sodium channel; whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; MU CONOTOXIN; MU CONOTOXIN PIIIA; MU CONOTOXIN SMIIIA; MU CONOTOXIN TIIIA; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NAV1.1 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; NAV1.6 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; NAV1.7 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; NEURONS; OOCYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRODOTOXIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84875158614     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12119     Document Type: Article

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