Analysis of cellular and behavioral responses to imiquimod reveals a unique itch pathway in transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)-expressing neurons

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3371-3376

  Kim, Se Jeong ^a,b   Park, Goon Ho ^a   Kim, Donghoon ^b   Lee, Jaekwang ^c   Min, Hyejung ^a   Wall, Estelle ^a   Lee, C Justin ^c   Simon, Melvin I ^a   Lee, Sung Joong ^b   Han, Sang Kyou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CAPSAICIN; CHLOROQUINE; HISTAMINE; IMIQUIMOD; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL GANGLION;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ANIMALS; CHLOROQUINE; HISTAMINE; INTERFERON INDUCERS; MICE; NEURONS; PRURITUS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

MUS;

EID: 79952763777     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019755108     Document Type: Article

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