Differing alterations of sodium currents in small dorsal root ganglion neurons after ganglion compression and peripheral nerve injury

Table 3 Inactivation of the TTX-R and TTX-S Na⁺ currents of small-slow and small-fast neurons evoked with -10 mV test pulse in control, CCD and CCI DRGs.

	n	Current inactivation time constant (ms)
		TTX-R	TTX-S
Small-Slow Neurons
Control	27	5.11 ± 0.42	0.90 ± 0.07
CCD	25	4.82 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.08
CCI	13	6.65 ± 0.89	1.10 ± 0.12
Small-Fast Neurons
Control	26	6.09 ± 0.48	0.92 ± 0.05
CCD	13	7.18 ± 0.54	1.12 ± 0.09*
CCI	20	8.43 ± 1.12*	1.17 ± 0.07**

*, p < 0.05, **, p < 0.01 indicate significant differences compared with control group.

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