Sensory neuropeptides in health and disease. Conference report on Florence '89.
A workshop (chaired by F. Lembeck, Graz) was held in Florence on 1 and 2 June 1989 with the aims to present and discuss the state of the art of research on sensory neuropeptides, i.e. those peptides demonstrated to be coded and synthetized in and released from sensory neurons. The meeting was therefore, particularly focused on tachykinins (substance P, neurokinin A and B) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and on the use of capsaicin as a pharmacological tool for studying the function of the related neurons. Particular relevance was paid to the biological effects and pathophysiological role(s) of sensory neuropeptides peripherally released ('efferent' function) from capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents.
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Istituto Farmacobiologico Malesci, Research Laboratories, Florence, Italy.
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Maggi
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000502:physiology*
D009479:Neuropeptides