Capsaicin receptor in the pain pathway

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-24

  Tominaga, Makoto ^a   Julius, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin receptor; Heat; Ion channel; Pain; Proton

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; PROTON; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

HEAT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PAIN; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 0034077969     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.83.20     Document Type: Review

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