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Papers: 10 Jul 2021 - 16 Jul 2021


Animal Studies


2021 Jul 10


Cell Physiol Biochem


55


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Population Coding of Capsaicin Concentration by Sensory Neurons Revealed Using Ca Imaging of Dorsal Root Ganglia Explants from Adult pirt-GCaMP3 Mouse.

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Abstract

Nociceptors detect noxious capsaicin (CAPS) via the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) ion channel, but coding mechanisms for relaying CAPS concentration [CAPS] remain obscure. Prolonged (up to 1h.) exposure to CAPS is used clinically to desensitise sensory fibres for treatment of neuropathic pain, but its signalling has typically been studied in cultures of dissociated sensory neurons employing low cell numbers and very short exposure times. Thus, it was pertinent to examine responses to longer CAPS exposures in large populations of adult neurons.