The Star-Nosed Mole Reveals Clues to the Molecular Basis of Mammalian Touch

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gerhold, Kristin A ^a   Pellegrino, Maurizio ^a   Tsunozaki, Makoto ^a   Morita, Takeshi ^a   Leitch, Duncan B ^b   Tsuruda, Pamela R ^a   Brem, Rachel B ^a   Catania, Kenneth C ^b   Bautista, Diana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); MOUSE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPINAL GANGLION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MOLES; NEURONS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 84873839508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055001     Document Type: Article

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