Menthol activation of corneal cool cells induces TRPM8- mediated lacrimation but not nociceptive responses in rodents

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 7034-7042

  Robbins, Ashlee ^a   Kurose, Masayuki ^b   Winterson, Barbara J ^a   Meng, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; MENTHOL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8; METHANOL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M; TRPM8 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYELID REFLEX; LACRIMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BLINKING; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; INNERVATION; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; BLINKING; CORNEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEARS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRPM CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84872188050     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10025     Document Type: Article

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