Science Signaling Podcast: 05 August 2008

Nancy R. Gough^1* and Annalisa M. VanHook²

¹Editor of Science Signaling, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.
²Associate Online Editor of Science Signaling, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.

Abstract: This conversation is about research highlighted in the Editors' Choice summary titled, "Anesthesia Increases Postoperative Pain." The highlighted article is J. A. Matta, P. M. Cornett, R. L. Miyares, K. Abe, N. Sahibzada, G. P. Ahern, General anesthetics activate a nociceptive ion channel to enhance pain and inflammation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105, 8784–8789 (2008). (Length: 11 min; file size: 5 MB; file format: mp3; location: http://podcasts.aaas.org/science_signaling/ScienceSignaling_080805.mp3)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: ngough{at}aaas.org

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PRESENTATIONS
Bioinformatics
pathFinder: A Static Network Analysis Tool for Pharmacological Analysis of Signal Transduction Pathways

Babru B. Samal and Lee E. Eiden (5 August 2008)
Sci. Signal. 1 (31), pt4. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.131pt4]
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EDITORS' CHOICE
Pharmacology
Anesthesia Increases Postoperative Pain

Nancy R. Gough (1 July 2008)
Sci. Signal. 1 (26), ec236. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.126ec236]
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PERSPECTIVES
STKE Perspectives
Thermal Gating of TRP Ion Channels: Food for Thought?

Emily R. Liman (14 March 2006)
Sci. STKE 2006 (326), pe12. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.3262006pe12]
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REVIEWS
STKE Reviews
TRP Channels in Disease

Bernd Nilius, Thomas Voets, and John Peters (2 August 2005)
Sci. STKE 2005 (295), re8. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.2952005re8]
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REVIEWS
STKE Reviews
The TRP Superfamily of Cation Channels

Craig Montell (22 February 2005)
Sci. STKE 2005 (272), re3. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.2722005re3]
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