Infrared snake eyes: TRPA1 and the thermal sensitivity of the snake pit organ

Science Signaling

Volumn 3, Issue 127, 2010, Pages

  Panzano, Vincent C ^a   Kang, Kyeongjin ^a   Garrity, Paul A ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1;

HEAT; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PIT ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMORECEPTOR;

CROTALINAE; PHAULOTHAMNUS SPINESCENS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 77956634160     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.3127pe22     Document Type: Review

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