Lessons from peppers and peppermint: The molecular logic of thermosensation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 487-492

  Jordt, Sven Eric ^a   McKemy, David D ^a   Julius, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CATION CHANNEL; CINEOLE; ION CHANNEL; MENTHOL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KINASE C; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

BLADDER; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLD; COLD SENSITIVITY; HAIR CELL; HEAT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTESTINE; KERATINOCYTE; KIDNEY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MERKEL CELL; MYELINATED NERVE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMORECEPTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0041878279     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00101-6     Document Type: Review

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