Unravelling the mystery of capsaicin: A tool to understand and treat pain

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 939-971

  O'Neill, Jessica ^a   Brock, Christina ^b   Olesen, Anne Estrup ^b   Andresen, Trine ^b   Nilsson, Matias ^b   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

AIRWAY; CHRONIC PAIN; CYTOSKELETON; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS;

EID: 84867095636     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: 15210081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.112.006163     Document Type: Review

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