Increased vanilloid receptor VR1 innervation in vulvodynia

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-133

  Tympanidis, Penelope ^a,b   Casula, Maria Anna ^c   Yiangou, Yiangos ^c   Terenghi, Giorgio ^b   Dowd, Pauline ^a   Anand, Praveen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nav1.8; Pain; TRPV1; Vanilloid receptor VR1; Voltage gated sodium channel SNS PN3; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PN3; PROTEIN SNS1; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN BIOPSY; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 1542374082     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(03)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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