High-threshold mechanosensitive ion channels blocked by a novel conopeptide mediate pressure-evoked pain.
Little is known about the molecular basis of somatosensory mechanotransduction in mammals. We screened a library of peptide toxins for effects on mechanically activated currents in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons. One conopeptide analogue, termed NMB-1 for noxious mechanosensation blocker 1, s...
Main Authors: | Liam J Drew, Francois Rugiero, Paolo Cesare, Jonathan E Gale, Bjarke Abrahamsen, Sarah Bowden, Sebastian Heinzmann, Michelle Robinson, Andreas Brust, Barbara Colless, Richard J Lewis, John N Wood |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-06-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1885214?pdf=render |
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