Scientists have discovered novel drug candidates that could ultimately lead to new effective treatments for conditions caused ...

February 3, 2016 Receptors inside nerve cells may be a key to controlling pain ...

How a non-signaling receptor regulates pain signals. In a series of studies using mouse and human neurons, the researchers discovered a new receptor for nerve growth factor: neuropilin-1 (NRP1), a ...

Nerve Receptor Found To Be Key To Intestinal Inflammation. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2003 / 05 / 030501075502.htm. Duke University Medical Center.

Nerve growth factor receptor TrkA (in green) and co-receptor NRP1 (in purple) are coexpressed in the same nerve cells in mice. view more . Credit: Bunnett Lab.

The same receptor on nerve endings that makes sinuses tingle when we eat wasabi plays an important role in the pain of inflammation. The first 3-D view of the receptor could lead to better pain drugs.

Previously, the receptor protein hOR2T7 has been used to detect DMMP, but it could only do so when the nerve agent substitute was in a liquid form, rather than as a gas. So, Tai Hyun Park, Jyongsik ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that a specific nerve cell receptor appears to be necessary to initiate the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...

Researchers have found a new receptor for nerve growth factor that plays an important role in pain signaling, even though it does not signal on its own, according to a new study. The findings hold ...