The functional and anatomical dissection of somatosensory subpopulations using mouse genetics

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Le Pichon, Claire E ^a   Chesler, Alexander T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Itch; Nociception; Pain; Sensory neuron; Somatosensation; Thermodetection; Touch; TRP channel

Indexed keywords

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFLAMMATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84899152535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00021     Document Type: Review

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