Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Wounds and inflammation cause glutamate release from primary sensory nerve afferents and damaged cells in the peripheral tissue. In this study, we have revealed that glutamate acts on metabotropic glutamate receptors 1 and 5 (mGluR1/5) in dorsal root ganglion neurons, resulting in potentiation of TRPV1 activities, inhibition of voltage-gated calcium channels and increase of neurons expressing functional TRPV1. These effects are closely associated to multiphasic modulation by glutamate of pain.
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