Thermoreceptors

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A functional medial preoptic nucleus (MPO) is required for scrotal thermal stimuli to alter the neuronal activity of thermoresponsive ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) neurons. 
  • Attentional influences on noxious and innocuous cutaneous heat detection in humans and monkeys. 
  • Functional properties of tooth pulp neurons responding to thermal stimulation. 
  • Lessons from peppers and peppermint: the molecular logic of thermosensation. 
  • Metabolic response to respiratory heat loss-induced core cooling. 
  • Reduced thermal sensitivity in the rabbit by beta-endorphin injection into the preoptic/anterior hypothalamus. 
  • TRPA1 mediates the inflammatory actions of environmental irritants and proalgesic agents. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Jordt, Sven Eric, Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology