Pokes, sunburn, and hot sauce: Drosophila as an emerging model for the biology of nociception

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-26

  Im, Seol Hee ^a   Galko, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Behavioral assay; Chemical nociception; Dendritic arborization neurons; Drosophila sensory neurons; Fly behavioral response; Hyperalgesia; Mechanical nociception; Neuroscience; Nociceptive sensitization; Thermal nociception; Tissue damage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LARVA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LARVA; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTORS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 83655191956     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22737     Document Type: Review

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