CGRPα-expressing sensory neurons respond to stimuli that evoke sensations of pain and itch

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  McCoy, Eric S ^a   Taylor Blake, Bonnie ^a   Zylka, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BETA4 INTEGRIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE ALPHA; CAPSAICIN; CHLOROQUINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; MENTHOL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M; TRPM8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRPV1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCA GENE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPIDERMIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROFILAMENT; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSTARD; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKIN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLES; MUSTARD PLANT; PAIN; PLANT OILS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; TRPM CATION CHANNELS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84860490519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036355     Document Type: Article

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