Nature Medicine
- 12, 506 - 507 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nm0506-506
Channeling painArdem Patapoutian & Lindsey Macpherson
The authors are at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and Ardem Patapoutian is also at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California 92121, USA. ardem@scripps.edu
kanjiIn vitro experiments have suggested that the TRPA1 ion channel senses various noxious stimuli. Many of these findings are now borne out in mice, in line with the notion that TRPA1 inhbitors might be useful in treating pain.
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