TRPV1 in Visceral Pain and Other Visceral Disorders

Vanilloid Receptor TRPV1 in Drug Discovery: Targeting Pain and Other Pathological Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 206-238

  Avelino, António ^a,b   Cruz, Francisco ^a,b,c  

^a Inst of Histology and Embryology   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Increased TRPV1 expression in human diseases; TRPV1 in visceral dysfunction; TRPV1 in visceral pain and other visceral disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952241284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470588284.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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