Cinnamaldehyde interacts with the local anesthetic pocket of the NaV 1.5 channel
Cinnamaldehyde (CA) is extensively used as flavorant and in traditional medicine. CA is com-monly used in pain research as specific agonist of TRPA1, a polymodal cation channel expressed in nociceptive primary sensory neurons. However, we previously showed that CA inhibits the L-type Ca2+ channel in cardiac and smooth muscle cells, raising the possibility that other ion channels can be modulated…
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