A pro-nociceptive role of neuromedin U in adult mice.

Although the neuropeptide neuromedin U (NMU) was first isolated from the spinal cord, its actions in this site are unknown. The recent identification of the NMU receptor subtype 2 (NMU2R) in the spinal cord has increased the interest in investigating the role of NMU in this part of the central nervous system. Here, we report a novel function for NMU in spinal nociception in the mouse.