Oxytocin Modulates Nociception as an Agonist of Pain-Sensing TRPV1
Summary: Oxytocin is a hormone with various actions. Oxytocin-containing parvocellular neurons project to the brainstem and spinal cord. Oxytocin release from these neurons suppresses nociception of inflammatory pain, the molecular mechanism of which remains unclear. Here, we report that the noxious...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-11-01
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Series: | Cell Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124717315115 |