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Selectively Silencing Nociceptor Sensory

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Selectively Silencing Nociceptor Sensory Neurons

Clifford J. Woolf

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Harvard Medical School

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

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Abstract

Local anesthetics decrease the excitability of all neurons by blocking voltage-gated sodium channels non-selectively. We have developed a technology to silence only those sensory neurons – the nociceptors – that trigger pain, itch, and cough. I will tell you why and how we devised the strategy, the way we showed that it works, and will also discuss its implications for treating multiple human disorders.

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coughexcitabilityitchlocal anestheticsneurobiologynociceptorspainsensory neuronssilencing technologyvoltage-gated sodium channels

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Clifford J. Woolf

Prof

Harvard Medical School

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