Intracellular mGluR5 plays a critical role in neuropathic pain

mGluR5 has been shown to play a role in chronic pain regulation. Here, the authors use membrane permeable and non-transported, impermeable mGluR5 antagonists to show that spinal analgesic effects in vivoare mediated by intracellular rather than cell surface mGluR5.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kathleen Vincent, Virginia M. Cornea, Yuh-Jiin I. Jong, André Laferrière, Naresh Kumar, Aiste Mickeviciute, Jollee S. T. Fung, Pouya Bandegi, Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva, Karen L. O’Malley, Terence J. Coderre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10604