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Review series
Cough · 5: The type 1 vanilloid receptor: a sensory receptor for cough
  1. A H Morice1,
  2. P Geppetti2
  1. 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Yorkshire HU16 5JQ, UK
  2. 2Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Medical School, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor A H Morice
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Yorkshire HU16 5JQ, UK; a.h.moricehull.ac.uk

Abstract

Evidence is presented to support the proposal that activation of the type 1 vanilloid receptor (VR1) is an important sensory mechanism in cough.

  • cough
  • vanilloid receptor (VR)-1

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2003.013482

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