SCN9A, NENA, Sodium channel protein type 9 subunit alpha, Neuroendocrine sodium channel, hNE-Na, Peripheral sodium channel 1, PN1, Sodium channel protein type IX subunit alpha, Voltage-gated sodium channel subunit alpha Nav1.7
This gene encodes a voltage-gated sodium channel which plays a significant role in nociception signaling. Mutations in this gene have been associated with primary erythermalgia, channelopathy-associated insensitivity to pain, and paroxysmal extreme pain disorder.
