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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2011

Increased Na+ and K+ currents in small mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons after ganglion compression.

Ni Fan, Parul Sikand, David F Donnelly, Chao Ma, Robert H Lamotte

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ni FanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
Parul Sikand
David F Donnelly
Chao Ma
Robert H Lamotte
Yale University · US

Funding

Mechanism of perinatal-hyperoxic suppression of chemoreceptor functionR01HL084520 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DONNELLY, DAVID F. · 2007 to 2011
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL084520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the effects of chronic compression (CCD) of the L3 and L4 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) on pain behavior in the mouse and on the electrophysiological properties of the small-diameter neuronal cell bodies in the intact ganglion. CCD is a model of human radicular pain produced by intraforaminal stenosis and other disorders affecting the DRG, spinal nerve, or root. On days 1, 3, 5, and 7 after the onset of compression, there was a significant decrease from preoperative values in the threshold mechanical force required to elicit a withdrawal of the foot ipsilateral to the CCD (tactile allodynia). Whole cell patch-clamp recordings were obtained, in vitro, from small-sized somata and, for the first time, in the intact DRG. Under current clamp, CCD neurons exhibited a significantly lower rheobase compared with controls. A few CCD but no control neurons exhibited spontaneous action potentials. CCD neurons showed an increase in the density of TTX-resistant and TTX-sensitive Na(+) current. CCD neurons also exhibited an enhanced density of voltage-dependent K(+) current, due to an increase in delayed rectifier K(+) current, without a change in the transient or "A" current. We conclude that CCD in the mouse produces a model of radicular pain, as we have previously demonstrated in the rat. While the role of enhanced K(+) current remains to be elucidated, we speculate that it represents a compensatory neuronal response to reduce ectopic or aberrant levels of neuronal activity produced by the injury.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsGanglia, SpinalHyperalgesiaMaleMembrane PotentialsMicePainPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedRadiculopathySodium ChannelsTetrodotoxinPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedSodium ChannelsTetrodotoxin

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PMID21525373
PMCPMC3295375
OpenAlexW2056227384

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