The molecules of mechanosensation

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue , 1997, Pages 567-594

  García Añoveros, Jaime ^a   Corey, David P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hair cell; hearing; mechanotransduction; osmoregulation; touch

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHANNEL GATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 0031049833     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.567     Document Type: Review

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