Capsaicin sensitivity is associated with the expression of the vanilloid (capsaicin) receptor (VR1) mRNA in adult rat sensory ganglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-180

  Helliwell, Rachel J A ^a   McLatchie, Linda M ^a   Clarke, Melanie ^a   Winter, Janet ^a   Bevan, Stuart ^a   McIntyre, Peter ^a  

^a Novatis Inst for Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Dorsal root ganglion; In situ hybridisation; Nodose; Sensory neurones; Vanilloid receptor; Voltage clamp; VR1

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; MESSENGER RNA; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; GANGLIA, SENSORY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032504093     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00475-3     Document Type: Article

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