A local route to pain relief

Edwin W. McCleskey
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Edwin W. McCleskey: Edwin W. McCleskey is at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA. mccleskeye@hhmi.org

Nature, 2007, vol. 449, issue 7162, 545-546

Abstract: Local anaesthetics stop pain, but block all other sensations too. In rats, one molecular delivery vehicle makes an unusual local anaesthetic specific for pain — provided a little spice is added to the mix first.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1038/449545a

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