Re: [CH] Re: Heat Tolerance
Oatmeal Jack (oat@intrepid.net)
Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:41:36 -0500
George, could you remember which issue of Nature it was that had capsiacin
and substance P in it?
Jack
>Sometime last summer, I read the article about the action of capsaicin at
>the cellular level in Nature (rather, tried to cope with the huge words and
>scientific style!). One phrase they used struck me. It was "...kill the
>cells..." or something like that. This has some long-term implications if
>"killing" is what really occurs. It is hard to believe this happens,
>because List experience shows a return in sensitivity, and also those who
>use capsaicin creams for pain relief have to keep applying them. In
>addition, I believe I have heard that nerve cells, when killed, are not
>regenerated. However, experience would indicate they keep on living or
>else new ones do indeed grow.
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