Closing in on a mammalian touch receptor

Nat Neurosci. 2000 Dec;3(12):1232-4. doi: 10.1038/81746.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Acid Sensing Ion Channels
  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism
  • Degenerin Sodium Channels
  • Epithelial Sodium Channels
  • Hair Follicle / cytology
  • Hair Follicle / innervation
  • Hair Follicle / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Ion Channels / deficiency*
  • Ion Channels / genetics
  • Mechanoreceptors / metabolism*
  • Mechanoreceptors / ultrastructure
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout / anatomy & histology
  • Mice, Knockout / metabolism
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / deficiency*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics
  • Neurons, Afferent / metabolism*
  • Neurons, Afferent / ultrastructure
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Sodium Channels / metabolism*
  • Touch / physiology*

Substances

  • ASIC2 protein, human
  • Acid Sensing Ion Channels
  • Degenerin Sodium Channels
  • Epithelial Sodium Channels
  • Ion Channels
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Sodium Channels