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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2018

A-Type K

Benjamin M Zemel, David M Ritter, Manuel Covarrubias, Tanziyah Muqeem

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Shaping the Action Potential in Dorsal Root and Trigeminal Ganglia Neurons: Relevance to Pain Mechanisms.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  12. Molecular mechanism governing the plasticity of use-dependent spike broadening in dorsal root ganglion neurons.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Characteristics of A-type voltage-gated KCell and tissue research · 2024
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  19. Design of Ultrapotent Genetically Encoded Inhibitors of Kv4.2 for Gating Neural Plasticity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin M ZemelVollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
David M RitterDivision of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Manuel CovarrubiasDepartment of Neuroscience, Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Jefferson College of Life Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Tanziyah MuqeemDepartment of Neuroscience, Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Jefferson College of Life Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Jefferson College of Health Sciences · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USVollum Institute · US

Funding

Neuromodulation of Kv3.4 channels in nociceptorsR21NS079855 · NINDS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI COVARRUBIAS, MANUEL L · 2013 to 2014
$441k
Modulation Pathways of the Kv3.4 channel in Sensory Neurons.F31NS090689 · NINDS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI ZEMEL, BENJAMIN · 2014 to 2016
$126k
NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS090689NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS079855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A-type voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels are major regulators of neuronal excitability that have been mainly characterized in the central nervous system. By contrast, there is a paucity of knowledge about the molecular physiology of these Kv channels in the peripheral nervous system, including highly specialized and heterogenous dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Although all A-type Kv channels display pore-forming subunits with similar structural properties and fast inactivation, their voltage-, and time-dependent properties and modulation are significantly different. These differences ultimately determine distinct physiological roles of diverse A-type Kv channels, and how their dysfunction might contribute to neurological disorders. The importance of A-type Kv channels in DRG neurons is highlighted by recent studies that have linked their dysfunction to persistent pain sensitization. Here, we review the molecular neurophysiology of A-type Kv channels with an emphasis on those that have been identified and investigated in DRG nociceptors (Kv1.4, Kv3.4, and Kv4s). Also, we discuss evidence implicating these Kv channels in neuropathic pain resulting from injury, and present a perspective of outstanding challenges that must be tackled in order to discover novel treatments for intractable pain disorders.

Indexed as

A-typedorsal root ganglionKv1.4Kv3.4Kv4Kv channelpain

Identifiers

PMID30127716
PMCPMC6088260
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