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Lidocaine reduces the transition to slow inactivation in Na(v)1.7 voltage-gated sodium channels.
British journal of pharmacology - 1 Sept 2011
Sheets Patrick L, Jarecki Brian W, Cummins Theodore R
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The primary use of local anaesthetics is to prevent or relieve pain by reversibly preventing action potential propagation through the inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels. The tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-gated sodium channel subtype Na(v)1.7, abundantly expressed in pain-sensing neurons, plays a crucial role in perception and transmission of painful stimuli and in inherited...
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