A 'toothache tree' alkylamide inhibits Aδ mechanonociceptors to alleviate mechanical pain

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3325-3340

  Tsunozaki, Makoto ^a   Lennertz, Richard C ^b   Vilceanu, Daniel ^b   Katta, Samata ^a   Stucky, Cheryl L ^b   Bautista, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HYDROXY ALPHA SANSHOOL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; AMIDE; SANSHOOL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAMSTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; ZANTHOXYLUM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEAT; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETULUS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PAIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 84879845629     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.252106     Document Type: Article

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