Gut pain- Nobel Prize-winning receptor may lead to new treatment

“It was previously known that many different ion channels are located on the ‘pain-sensing’ neurons that communicate from the gut to the brain, but our study [from Washington University in St. Louis, and Flinders University], published in the journal Neuron, has now identified the major ion channel in the colon that responds to mechanical stimulation leading to the sensation of pain.”  MORE

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