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“The present study investigated whether the somatostatin receptor (SSTR) agonist, octreotide , could inhibit the activation of dorsal skin afferent fibres induced by local injection of capsaicin in the rat.”
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology • 2011 | View Paper
“In vivo behavioral studies demonstrate that intraplantar injection of 20.0 but not 2.0 mgr;M octreotide (OCT, SSTR agonist) significantly reduces capsaicin (CAP, a ligand for TRPV1) ‐induced flinching and lifting/licking behaviors.”