T. Cummins

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Sodium channels in normal and pathological pain.
Nociception is essential for survival whereas pathological pain is maladaptive and often unresponsive to pharmacotherapy. Voltage-gated sodium channels, Na(v)1.1-Na(v)1.9, are essential for… Expand
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A Novel Persistent Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Sodium Current In SNS-Null And Wild-Type Small Primary Sensory Neurons
TTX-resistant (TTX-R) sodium currents are preferentially expressed in small C-type dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, which include nociceptive neurons. Two mRNAs that are predicted to encode TTX-R… Expand
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Changes in the expression of tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channels within dorsal root ganglia neurons in inflammatory pain
&NA; Nociceptive neurons within dorsal root ganglia (DRG) express multiple voltage‐gated sodium channels, of which the tetrodotoxin‐resistant (TTX‐R) channel Nav1.8 has been suggested to play a major… Expand
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Downregulation of Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Sodium Currents and Upregulation of a Rapidly Repriming Tetrodotoxin-Sensitive Sodium Current in Small Spinal Sensory Neurons after Nerve Injury
Clinical and experimental studies have shown that spinal sensory neurons become hyperexcitable after axonal injury, and electrophysiological changes have suggested that this may be attributable to… Expand
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Multiple sodium channels and their roles in electrogenesis within dorsal root ganglion neurons
Dorsal root ganglion neurons express an array of sodium channel isoforms allowing precise control of excitability. An increasing body of literature indicates that regulation of firing behaviour in… Expand
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The roles of sodium channels in nociception: Implications for mechanisms of pain
Understanding the role of voltage-gated sodium channels in nociception may provide important insights into pain mechanisms. Voltage-gated sodium channels are critically important for electrogenesis… Expand
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Impaired slow inactivation in mutant sodium channels.
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HyperPP) is a disorder in which current through Na+ channels causes a prolonged depolarization of skeletal muscle fibers, resulting in membrane inexcitability and… Expand
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Persistent TTX-resistant Na+ current affects resting potential and response to depolarization in simulated spinal sensory neurons.
Small dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, which include nociceptors, express multiple voltage-gated sodium currents. In addition to a classical fast inactivating tetrodotoxin-sensitive (TTX-S) sodium… Expand
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Sodium channels and pain.
Although it is well established that hyperexcitability and/or increased baseline sensitivity of primary sensory neurons can lead to abnormal burst activity associated with pain, the underlying… Expand
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Plasticity of sodium channel expression in DRG neurons in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain
Previous studies have shown that transection of the sciatic nerve induces dramatic changes in sodium currents of axotomized dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, which are paralleled by significant… Expand
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