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Lab of Dr. Sascha Alles, Associate Professor, Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. We study the molecular & cellular physiology of acute and chronic pain. Posts are my own. AllesLab.com

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Aleyah E. Goins @goinsyeah.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pure bliss to have worked with an amazing mentor @alleslab.bsky.social who supported me pushing into the wild and wonderful field of neuroimmune pain mechanisms! Thank you to my co-authors for your contributions!!! Bueno bye PhD dissertation 🎉💚❤️
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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
BOOM! Fantastic new paper from Patrik Ernfors and his team: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Persistent interferon signaling causes sensory neuron plasticity and pain before and during arthritis
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Persistent interferon signaling causes sensory neuron plasticity and pain before and during arthritis - Nature Neuroscience
Su et al. show that inflammatory arthritis pain stems from sustained interferon-driven MNK1/MNK2–elF4E signaling that sensitizes joint-innervating neurons. Blocking this pathway reverses pain, suggest...
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StanfordPain @stanfordpain.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Gabapentin has been an effective medication for many people living with pain. It is particularly helpful for neuropathic pain when used thoughtfully.
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
First pub of 2026! Enjoy www.jneurosci.org/content/46/3...
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Shaping the Action Potential in Dorsal Root and Trigeminal Ganglia Neurons: Relevance to Pain Mechanisms
Sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and trigeminal ganglia (TG) are critical for transmitting somatosensory information, including pain, to the central nervous system. In these neurons, a...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Chatting about #painresearch in this recent podcast. Listen here www.scientifica.uk.com/podcasts/a-p...
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A Podcast by Neuroverse: Tools for Looking into the Brain -…
Explore what pain really is and why it’s so complex. In this podcast, Prof. Sascha Alles unpacks how chronic pain develops and how the brain processes it.
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Very nice recent study from the Chidambaran Lab in our dept @cincychildrens.bsky.social suggesting potential immune cell signatures in acute vs chronic post-surgical pain #PainResearch pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41077098/
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Potential role for immune cell signatures as predictors of acute and chronic pain in adolescents post major musculoskeletal surgery - PubMed
Our findings suggest that immune cell signatures are potentially useful as biomarkers, prognostic indicators, and guides for personalized surgical recovery in youth.
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Our final contribution to this collaboration is now online. We obtained electrophysiological recordings of DRG/TG neurons and Fos+ neurons of spinal dorsal horn & vlPAG in 2 models of neuropathic pain to study the actions of a humanized P2X4R scFv #PainResearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Physiological actions of a humanized P2X4 scFv on peripheral and central neurons in male mice with neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain remains a challenging clinical condition due to its resistance to conventional analgesics. The purinergic P2X4 receptor (P2X4R), an A…
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Back in the saddle! #PainResearch #ephys
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Nesia Zurek, PhD @docnessmonster.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
⚡We are finally electrocuting DRG neurons in the @alleslab.bsky.social since moving to @cincychildrens.bsky.social! #PainResearch #ephys #NeuroSkyence
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
First grant since joining @cincychildrens.bsky.social has been awarded!! Excited to get to work on NIH HEAL Initiative "Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome" with the de la Pena lab!!! #PainResearch
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
One of our final papers from this collaborative effort involving collaborators at UNM, Mayo Clinic, & McGill. Here we validate a humanized scFv targeting hP2XR. Kudos to first-author @docnessmonster.bsky.social & former lab member Mark S. for making this happen! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Elegant work highlighting an important aspect of PA activity in sciatic nerve injury-related chronic pain! journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex... #PainResearch
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A combined activity of peripheral nociceptive and... : PAIN
eptors. Using electrical and optogenetic approaches, we selectively activated different fiber subtypes without causing neuronal injury. Our findings demonstrate that only simultaneous activation of bo...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Transporters in pain! Exciting work from @middletonsj.bsky.social & Bennett lab @ox.ac.uk www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PainResearch
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SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter - Nature
The SLC45A4 gene encodes a neuronal polyamine transporter and is linked to pain response in humans and mice.
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Nesia Zurek, PhD @docnessmonster.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📸 Big day in the lab! Our new electrophysiology rig is officially up and running — huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Excited for the science ahead! 🧠⚡️ @alleslab.bsky.social @cincychildrens.bsky.social #PainResearch
Three lab members standing proudly in front of a newly assembled electrophysiology rig. The setup includes a micromanipulator, amplifier, and monitor, with cables neatly arranged. Everyone is smiling in casual lab attire, celebrating the milestone in a well-lit lab space.
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Almost ready to rumble! #ephys #PainResearch @cincychildrens.bsky.social
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Aubin Moutal @aubinmoutal.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I’m proud to share that our first paper from the lab has just been published in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41... This work uncovers a mechanism by which autoantibodies targeting CRMP5 contribute to neuropathic pain in paraneoplastic syndromes. #PainResearch
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Anti-CV2/CRMP5 autoantibodies as drivers of sensory neuron excitability and pain in rats - Nature Communications
Lung and thymoma cancer patients often suffer from autoimmunity and related painful neuropathies. Here the authors show that patient-derived anti-CRMP5 autoantibody binds to rat dorsal root ganglia to...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Thanks for the highlight of our recent work! #PainResearch @painresforum.bsky.social painresearchforum.org/paper/expres...
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EXPRESS: Gabapentin's effect on human dorsal root ganglia: Donor-specific electrophysiological and transcriptomic profiles - Pain Research Forum
Source: Molecular pain Authors: Jenna B Demeter, Nesia A Zurek, Maddy R Koch, Aleyah E Goins, Cristian O Holguin, Mark W Shilling, Michael S Davis, Reza Ehsanian, Sascha Ra Alles, June Bryan de la Peñ...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Our collaborative study with the de la Peña lab is now online! Here we analyzed ephys & transcriptomic actions of gabapentin on hDRG neurons. Kudos to co-first authors Jenna & @docnessmonster.bsky.social. Special thks to our donors & their families #PainResearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Now online - our studies of mouse and human sensory neurons in the context of visceral pain! #PainResearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Patrik Ernfors @patrikernfors.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A read only for the DRG nerd: "Spatial organization, chromatin accessibility and gene-regulatory programs defining mouse sensory neurons". www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Spatial organization, chromatin accessibility and gene-regulatory programs defining mouse sensory neurons - Communications Biology
Single cell RNA-sequencing, spatial transcriptomics and chromatin analyses of sensory neurons provide insights into cell type organization of the dorsal root ganglion and the enhancer-driven co-regula...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Great week for Nav channel work - this time it's Nav1.9 from the Bosmans lab www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A robust expression system reveals distinct gating mechanisms and calmodulin regulation of NaV1.9 channels
An expression system enables detailed study of NaV1.9 channel gating and its regulation by calmodulin.
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Modulation of human dorsal root ganglion neuron firing by the Nav1.8 inhibitor suzetrigine pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40424150/ #PainResearch
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Modulation of human dorsal root ganglion neuron firing by the Nav1.8 inhibitor suzetrigine - PubMed
Nav1.8 voltage-gated sodium channels are strongly expressed in human primary pain-sensing neurons (nociceptors) and a selective Nav1.8 inhibitor VX-548 (suzetrigine) has shown efficacy for treating ac...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Lab outing for a Reds game and we beat the Cubs... go @reds.com!
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Good times at the Cincy Neuroscience Retreat connecting with neuro people @cincychildrens.bsky.social & UC and exploring trails of Ohio! #neuroskyence
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Lovely preprint with some thought-provoking findings from Diane Lipscombe's group www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Trpv1-dependent Cacna1b gene inactivation reveals cell-specific functions of CaV2.2 channels in vivo
Voltage-gated CaV2.2 channels underlie the N-type current, and they regulate calcium entry at many presynaptic nerve endings to control transmitter release. A role for CaV2.2 channels has been well-es...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
First day! @cincychildrens.bsky.social #PainResearch
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Sergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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Human assembloid model of the ascending neural sensory pathway - Nature
A human ascending somatosensory assembloid model was developed, which integrates multiple organoids to simulate the spinothalamic pathway, demonstrating functional connectivity and responsiveness to s...
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tBerta Lab @tbertalab.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🔬 Exciting discovery! We've been curious about the function of unique IBA1+ cell staining we observed around healthy human DRG neurons in the lab (indicated by red arrows). A new paper @cellpress.bsky.social finally provides some answers. Link: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is shaping up to be a pretty cool collection of papers! If you're interested in submitting something, give me a shout. #PainResearch www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Frontiers | Pharmacological Perspectives into Transient Receptor Potential Channels
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels constitute a diverse family of ion channels found in various cell types and tissues throughout the body. These ch...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Our book chapter on the role of CCK in nociception & pain is now online! @docnessmonster.bsky.social #PainResearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Cholecystokinin in nociception and pain
The neuropeptide, cholecystokinin (CCK), and its receptors, CCK1R and CCK2R, are involved in nociception and pain. CCK1R and CCK2R are Gq-coupled GPCR…
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Made it to Cincy and I found the trail! 🏃‍♂️
Wasson Way
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
@unm.edu it's been real. Off to start the next adventure soon @cincychildrens.bsky.social #PainResearch
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Who funds biomedical research? @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Congrats to the newly minted Dr. Goins who passed with DISTINCTION!!! 🎉🎉 #PainResearch
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Excited to be a part of this latest preprint from the de la Pena lab exploring the circRNA landscape in hDRG! #PainResearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Super proud of @goinsyeah.bsky.social getting her thesis to her committee today!! You got this! 🍻#PainResearch
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Cincinnati Children's @cincychildrens.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
All kids deserve to feel the love on Valentine's Day! Be sure to send a free e-Card to our patients by February 14: give.cincinnatichildrens.org/site/SPageNa...
A Cincinnati Children's patient holds a Valentine's card
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Very cool paper from Tuan Trang's group at UCalgary! #PainResearch www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Divergent sex-specific pannexin-1 mechanisms in microglia and T cells underlie neuropathic pain
Panx1 channels mediate sex-specific immune mechanisms in neuropathic pain: leptin from CD8+ T cells drives pain in females, while VEGF from microglia mediates pain in males. Panx1-targeted therapies o...
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Scheff Research Lab @schefflab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
📢New publication out: Sensory Neurotransmission and Pain in Solid Tumor Progression! This review article by first author @andremartel.bsky.social details recent work on the bidirectional relationship between sensory neurons and #cancer cells. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... #neurobiology
Proposed cycle between nociceptive input and autonomic output in cancer. Sensitization of nociceptive sensory neurons by the tumor microenvironment leads to propagation of orthodromic signaling towards the central nervous system (CNS).
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Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Please help us advertise this new opening 🧠 in our research group. I am happy to answer any queries about it.
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NYU Pain Research Center @nyupainresearch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Disruptions in membrane lipid nanodomains in nociceptor DRG neurons increase HCN2 channel activity, leading to heightened neuronal firing and contributing to neuropathic pain. #PainResearch #Neuroscience" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Membrane lipid nanodomains modulate HCN pacemaker channels in nociceptor DRG neurons - Nature Communications
Nanoscale membrane lipid domains are emerging as important regulators of ion channel function. This study highlights their role in modulating pacemaker HCN channels in sensory neurons, revealing a mec...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Our lab started human DRG electrophysiology studies @unm.edu We are excited about building this pipeline at @cincychildrens.bsky.social to help improve our understanding of human pain #PainResearch
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Great way to kick off 2025 with a visit to see my buddy & fellow human tissue enthusiast @mikehildebrand7.bsky.social at Carleton University in my hometown 🇨🇦 #painresearch
Mike Hildebrand and Sascha AllesCarleton University Seminar
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
It is with great pride that I share the bulk of thesis work from my first PhD Cand @goinsyeah.bsky.social on neuroimmune mechanisms of chronic back pain! This is a new direction for the lab led by Aleyah's sheer curiosity and drive. Congrats Aleyah! #PainResearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Neuroimmune mechanisms of a mouse model of chronic back pain
Chronic back pain (CBP) is the leading cause of disability affecting 1 in 10 people worldwide. Symptoms are marked by persistent lower back pain, reduced mobility, and heightened cold sensitivity. Her...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Elegant paper from the Gereau lab examining intrinsic adaptive plasticity in mouse and human sensory neurons rupress.org/jgp/article/...
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Intrinsic adaptive plasticity in mouse and human sensory neurons | Journal of General Physiology | Rockefeller University Press
In this study, McIlvried, Del Rosario, and colleagues show that mechanisms of adaptive plasticity are engaged in mouse and human sensory neurons after sust
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Looks like all members of the @alleslab.bsky.social will be moving! Most of us to Cincy & one of us for a great postdoc opportunity elsewhere. Excited to see great things from each of you! 💪👩‍🔬🔬 #PainResearch @docnessmonster.bsky.social @goinsyeah.bsky.social @drjones26.bsky.social
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Luke Pattison @interlukein.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Riding the year out on a high ✨ - latest paper out now in @pnas.org! ☺️ 🙏 Here we describe a role for the proton-sensing GPCR, GPR65 in mediating joint pain from fibroblast-like synoviocytes! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #PainResearch #Neuroskyence More on this work below 👇 🧵 [1/10]
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Activation of the proton-sensing GPCR, GPR65 on fibroblast-like synoviocytes contributes to inflammatory joint pain | PNAS
Inflammation is associated with localized acidosis, however, attributing physiological and pathological roles to proton-sensitive receptors is chal...
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Our latest work in collaboration with the de la Pena lab on the effects of neuropathic pain drug gabapentin on human DRG neurons is now online!! Spoiler alert: interesting donor-specific actions! #PainResearch
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Stéphanie C Koch @skochlab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
We have an exciting postdoc opportunity to study the spinal circuits involved in spatial restriction of pain. Please spread the word and get in touch if you’re interested in joining our team. Application details to follow! @uclnpp.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social #painscience #neuroskyence
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Alles Lab @alleslab.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
@docnessmonster.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter for this on the role of CCK in nociception and pain! Pre-order your copy here if interested #PainResearch www.amazon.com/Cholecystoki...
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Cholecystokinin: From Gallbladder to Cognition and Beyond (Molecular Mediators in Health and Disease: How Cells Communicate)
Buy Cholecystokinin: From Gallbladder to Cognition and Beyond (Molecular Mediators in Health and Disease: How Cells Communicate) on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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