Proteases that are released during inflammation and injury cleave protease‐activated
receptor 2 (PAR 2 ) on primary afferent neurons to cause neurogenic inflammation and …

Exacerbated sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous or mildly painful (mechanical
allodynia and hyperalgesia) occurs during inflammation and underlies painful …

Mast cells that are in close proximity to autonomic and enteric nerves release several mediators
that cause neuronal hyperexcitability. This study examined whether mast cell tryptase …

It has been proposed that extracellular ATP inhibits synaptic release of glutamate from
hippocampal CA1 synapses after its catabolism to adenosine. We investigated the possibility that …

Fast chemical communications in the nervous system are mediated by several classes of
receptor channels believed to be independent functionally and physically. We show here that …

This study examined whether bacterial cell products that might gain access to the intestinal
interstitium could activate mouse colonic nociceptive dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons …

1 Functional interactions between nicotinic and P2X receptors in submucosal neurons were
investigated. Whole‐cell currents induced by ACh ( I ACh ) and ATP ( I ATP ) were blocked …

Interferons (IFN) appear to have various neuromodulatory actions. Here, we characterized the
actions of IFN-α on the electrophysiological properties of CA1 hippocampal neurons using …

Melatonin, a hormone produced and released by the pineal gland, is also synthesized by cells
of the gastrointestinal wall, where it might be a local regulator of gut functions. In this study…

… the long axis of circular muscle cells (Barajas-Lopez and Huizinga, unpublished results), …
cells of this tissue is ~25 mm/s (Barajas-Lopez and Huizinga, unpublished results), which is …