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...

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Main Authors: Yelena Nersesyan, Lusine Demirkhanyan, Deny Cabezas-Bratesco, Victoria Oakes, Ricardo Kusuda, Tyler Dawson, Xiaohui Sun, Chike Cao, Alejandro Martin Cohen, Bharath Chelluboina, Krishna Kumar Veeravalli, Katharina Zimmermann, Carmen Domene, Sebastian Brauchi, Eleonora Zakharian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124717315115