Burns
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 127-134 , February 2010

Effect of tetramethylpyrazine on DRG neuron P2X3 receptor involved in transmitting pain after burn

  • Yun Gao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • Joint first authors.
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  • Changshui Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • Joint first authors.
    • ,
  • Kehua Yu

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • Joint first authors.
    • ,
  • Guilin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • ,
  • Fan Wan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • ,
  • Shuangmei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • ,
  • Jiari Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • ,
  • Han Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • ,
  • Jun Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • ,
  • Xin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • ,
  • Shangdong Liang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 0 7916360552; fax: +86 0 7916360552.

Received 1 February 2009 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00148-X

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.04.032

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 127-134 , February 2010

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