Title
Optopharmacology: A light switch for pain
Date Issued
01 April 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
annotation
Author(s)
Friedrich R.W.
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Abstract
A small molecule called optovin acts as a light-sensitive ligand for an ion channel involved in the detection of painful sensory stimuli. This unexpected finding emerged from a behavioral screen in zebrafish and provides a tool for the remote control of pain by light.
Start page
219
End page
220
Volume
9
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84875475844
PubMed ID
Source
Nature Chemical Biology
Resource of which it is part
Nature Chemical Biology
ISSN of the container
15524450
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