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The distribution and regulation of vanilloid receptor VR1 and VR1 5' splice variant RNA expression in rat.
Neuroscience - 1 Jan 2001
Sanchez J F, Krause J E, Cortright D N
Abstract excerpt
The vanilloid (capsaicin) receptor, VR1, is expressed in dorsal root ganglion and mediates the sensory response to vanilloids and other noxious stimuli. There is evidence for VR1 expression in CNS regions as well, but its function in these tissues is unknown. The identification of a rat VR1 5' sp...
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