Control of somatic membrane potential in nociceptive neurons and its implications for peripheral nociceptive transmission

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2306-2322

  Du, Xiaona ^a   Hao, Han ^a   Gigout, Sylvain ^b   Huang, Dongyang ^a   Yang, Yuehui ^a   Li, Li ^a   Wang, Caixue ^a   Sundt, Danielle ^c   Jaffe, David B ^c   Zhang, Hailin ^a   Gamper, Nikita ^a,b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

DRG; Ion channel; K2P; KCNQ; M channel; Nociceptor; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STEADY STATE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CRICETULUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGENTS AFFECTING WATER, MOLECULE OR ION TRANSPORT; BRADYKININ; CACNA1H PROTEIN, RAT; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ3; RETIGABINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRADYKININ; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CARBAMATES; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETULUS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; ION CHANNELS; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNQ3 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NOCICEPTORS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84923619607     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.08.025     Document Type: Article

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