Relationships between capsaicin sensitivity of mammalian sensory neurons, cell size and type of voltage gated Ca-currents
Petersen M, LaMotte R. Relationships between capsaicin sensitivity of mammalian sensory neurons, cell size and type of voltage gated Ca-currents. Brain Research 1991, 561: 20-26. PMID: 1665752, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(91)90744-g.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCapsaicin sensitivityCultured adult rat dorsal root ganglion neuronsAdult rat dorsal root ganglion neuronsLow-threshold typeRat dorsal root ganglion neuronsWhole-cell patch-clamp techniqueDorsal root ganglion neuronsCultured dorsal root gangliaCapsaicin-sensitive cellsCapsaicin-sensitive populationCross-sectional areaDorsal root gangliaMammalian sensory neuronsPatch-clamp techniqueGanglion neuronsRoot gangliaSensory neuronsCa currentCell populationsActivation thresholdLength of timeLarger cross-sectional areaSectional areaCapsaicinSmall cell population