TRP channel antagonists for pain - Opportunities beyond TRPV1

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 655-663

  Bevan, Stuart ^a   Andersson, David A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Cold; Hyperalgesia; Mechanical; Pain; Transient receptor potential channel

Indexed keywords

1 (2 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 (3 NITROPHENYL) 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDROPYRIMIDIN 2 ONE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; AP 18; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; GRC 15133; GRC 17173; GSK 1016790A; HC 001403; HC 030031; JNJ 3926731; MENTHOL; ORG 231295; PROTEIN TRPA1; PROTEIN TRPM8; RN 1734; RN 9893; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 3; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 4;

ALLODYNIA; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG SELECTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PAIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 68149084768     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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