Behavioral phenotypes of mice lacking purinergic P2X₄receptors in acute and chronic pain assays

• Main Authors: Tozaki-Saitoh Hidetoshi (Author), Nagata Kenichiro (Author), Inoue Tomoyuki (Author), Kuboyama Kazuya (Author), Tsuda Makoto (Author), Inoue Kazuhide (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>A growing body of evidence indicates that P2X receptors (P2XRs), a family of ligand-gated cation channels activated by extracellular ATP, play an important role in pain signaling. In contrast to the role of the P2X₃R subtype that has been e...