Figure 6
From: Alteration of primary afferent activity following inferior alveolar nerve transection in rats
The changes in voltage-gated K+ currents of TG neurons with IAN-transected and naive rats. Separation of total outward currents (a) into I A(a-b) and I K (b). (a) Initiated via a prepulse of -120 mV. (b) Initiated via a prepulse of -40 mV to +60 mV. Subtract a-b to reveal I A. Subtraction of Ab from Aa reveals a transient K+ current (I A). B: Current-voltage relationships on I K and I A in TG neurons from naive (open circles) and IAN-transected rats (solid circles). Each value represents the mean ± SEM. C: Peak current densities for total K+, I K and I A in TG neurons from naive (open column) and the rats with IAN transection (solid column). Each value represents the mean ± SEM.* p < 0.05.