Presynaptic inhibitory actions of pregabalin on excitatory transmission in superficial dorsal horn of mouse spinal cord: Further characterization of presynaptic mechanisms

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 558, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-191

  Matsuzawa, Rie ^a   Fujiwara, Tomonori ^b   Nemoto, Kohei ^a   Fukushima, Teruyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigeki ^a   Akagawa, Kimio ^b   Hori, Yuuichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excitatory synaptic transmission; Pregabalin; Release machinery; Spinal dorsal horn; Syntaxin 1A knockout; Tight seal whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA2DELTA 1; MESSENGER RNA; PREGABALIN; SYNTAXIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE LIGATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL;

EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; PREGABALIN; RELEASE MACHINERY; SPINAL DORSAL HORN; SYNTAXIN 1A KNOCKOUT; TIGHT-SEAL WHOLE-CELL RECORDING;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNTAXIN 1;

EID: 84889655647     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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