After all we've learnt on nerves and cell necrosis (where they basically spill their contents after dying) I've never heard of ATP being a problem in causing pain. I'm guessing it's a similar thing to the pain experienced if you inject isotonic saline into a muscle (which bloody hurts) - it fires nociceptors (pain nerves) simply because of the introduction of what is essentially a foreign compound...traceur_ said:I don't really know, It's year 11 biology and we were talking about ATP and he said that if injected it would cause the worst pain possible to experience, I haven't research to confirm that but I'm inclined to believe my bio teacher because he's really smart. I'll see what I can find on the net.
It'll be interesting to find out anyway.