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2020 Mar 05


Cell


180


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Touching Base with Mechanical Pain.

Authors

Arenas OM, Lumpkin EA
Cell. 2020 Mar 05; 180(5):824-826.
PMID: 32142674.

Abstract

Unrelieved pain is a widespread condition that fuels the opioid crisis. Molecules that initiate painful sensations are intensively sought as therapeutic targets for improved pain interventions. In this issue of Cell, Beaulieu-Laroche et al. (2020) describe TACAN, a putative ion channel that mediates mechanical pain in mice.