The endogenous lipid anandamide is a full agonist at the human vanilloid receptor (hVR1)

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-230

  Smart, D ^a   Gunthorpe, M J ^a   Jerman, J C ^a   Nasir, S ^a   Gray, J ^a   Muir, A I ^a   Chambers, J K ^a   Randall, A D ^a   Davis, J B ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Calcium; Cannabinoid; Capsaicin; FLIPR; Nociception; Vanilloid

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; METHANANDAMIDE; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033984992     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703050     Document Type: Article

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