[CH] Article in Nature
George Nelson (70431.3065@compuserve.com)
Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:10:25 -0500
Martha Hepworth (Martha Hepworth <martha@cheme.caltech.edu> ) made a very
helpful posting to help answer the question when the article in Nature
appeared that talked about how the nerve responses worked when stimulated
by capsaicin.
I thought the articles were in 1999. The one article may have been "1) A
capsaicin-receptor homologue with a high threshold for noxious heat"
Caterina MJ, Rosen TA, Tominaga M, Brake AJ, Julius D
NATURE 398: (6726) 436-441 APR 1 1999
I did a search a couple years back, though, and this one actually looks
more promising:
Nature 1997 Oct 23;389(6653): 816-24 The capsaicin receptor: a
heat-activated ion channel in the pain pathway.
Caterina, MJ; Schumacher, MA; Tominaga, M; Rosen, TA; Levine, JD;
and Julius, D UCSF
Because the following commentary appeared in the same issue.
Nature 1997 Oct 23;389(6653): 783-4 Clapham, DE Some like it hot:
spicing up ion channels.
If this is true, time has flown. I hope it is due to chile-induced
euphoria and not due to advancing age.
George