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The capsaicin receptor: a heat-activated ion channel in the pain pathway

19979,010 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Michael J. Caterina

Mark Schumacher · University of California, San Francisco

Makoto Tominaga · Cellular Research (United States)

Tobias A. Rosen · Cellular Research (United States)

Jon D. Levine · University of California, San Francisco

David Julius · Cellular Research (United States)

Topics & Keywords

Ion Channels and Receptors Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Ion channel regulation and function

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 389, Issue 6653, pp. 816-824

DOI: 10.1038/39807

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 75.09

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