Open AccessTouching Base with Mechanical Pain
Author(s) -
Oscar M. Arenas,
Ellen A. Lumpkin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2020.02.022
Subject(s) - nociceptor , ion channel , neuroscience , medicine , bioinformatics , psychology , biology , nociception , receptor
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.
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