title: Effect of clonidine on potential-dependent sodium currents in sensory neurons.
abstract: In experiments on rat pups we studied the effect of clonidine on potential-dependent Na+ currents in dorsal root ganglia by the voltage clamp method. Clonidine decreased the amplitude of tetrodotoxin-sensitive and tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium currents. The range of acting concentrations and the absence of modulatory effect of norepinephrine on the efficiency of clonidine-induced blockade of sodium currents suggest that this blockade results from a direct interaction of clonidine with sodium channels.
authors.affiliation: A. A. Ukhtomskii Research Institute of Physiology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Katina
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Krylov
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Khrustaleva
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Shchegolev
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Tsyrlin
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers; D015222:Sodium Channels; D003000:Clonidine