Pharmacology of capsaicin-, anandamide-, and N-arachidonoyl-dopamine-evoked cell death in a homogeneous transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 receptor population

We conclude that capsaicin, anandamide, and NADA can initiate TRPV1-dependent delayed cell death in neurone-like cells. This is an apoptosis-like process, but independent of caspase activity.