Capsaicin, transient receptor potential (TRP) protein subfamilies and the particular relationship between capsaicin receptors and small primary sensory neurons

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-155

  Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hiura, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsaicin receptor; Isolectin B4 (IB4); Nociceptor; Primary afferent neuron; Transient receptor potential (TRP) channel

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANKYRIN; CAPSAICIN; LECTIN; LIGAND; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN RET; PROTON; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLIA CELL; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; INVERTEBRATE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE INJURY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAPSAICIN; HEAT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 33746349884     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Review

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