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sLRP1-alpha provides relief from neuropathic pain
12-03-2007 · EurekAlert!Injury to peripheral nerves causes neuropathic pain. Normal pain relief therapies do not effectively provide relief from neuropathic pain. Further understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain is therefore essential to facilitate the development of new drugs and new research in rodents has provided evidence that a fragment of the protein LRP1 (sLRP1-alpha) attenuates neuropathic pain.
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