“…This, in turn, is regulated by the function of various membrane ion channels, including sodium channels (Berta et al., 2008), calcium channels (Lu, Zhang, Luo, & Gold, 2010), and as mentioned above, potassium channels (Cao, Chen, Li, & Pan, 2012; Chien, Cheng, Chu, Cheng, & Tsaur, 2007; Mucha et al., 2010; Passmore et al., 2003). Potassium channels have been extensively studied for their effect in neuronal excitability and pain hypersensitivity, and have attracted increasing attention in recent years (Chien et al., 2007; Du, Gao, Jaffe, Zhang, & Gamper, 2018; Liu et al., 2016; Passmore et al., 2003). Several studies have verified a prolonged decline in Kv1.2 expression during nerve injury‐induced pain, which is consistent with our results (Everill & Kocsis, 2000; Fan et al., 2014; Kim, Choi, Rim, & Cho, 2002; Laumet et al., 2015; Liang et al., 2016; Zhao et al., 2013, 2017).…”