Article
Expression of tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in capsaicin-sensitive dorsal root ganglion neurons of adult rats.
Neuroscience letters - 6 Feb 1995
Arbuckle J B, Docherty R J
Abstract excerpt
We have used conventional whole-cell electrophysiological recording techniques to measure the level of expression of tetrodotoxin-sensitive (TTX-S) and tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) sodium currents in the capsaicin-sensitive and capsaicin-insensitive subpopulations of dorsal root ganglion neurons. We find that there are significantly higher levels of TTX-R expressed in the capsaicin-sensitive group but no...
Topics
- Animals
- Capsaicin
- Ganglia, Spinal
- Gene Expression
- Ion Channels
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Sodium Channels
- Tetrodotoxin