Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 14941-14946

  Schneider, Eve R ^a   Mastrotto, Marco ^a   Laursen, Willem J ^a   Schulz, Vincent P ^a   Goodman, Jena B ^a   Funk, Owen H ^a   Gallagher, Patrick G ^a   Gracheva, Elena O ^a   Bagriantsev, Sviatoslav N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanotransduction; Piezo2; TRPM8; TRPV1

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; DOWN REGULATION; DUCK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMORECEPTOR; TOUCH; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; DUCKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEURONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THERMORECEPTORS; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRPM CATION CHANNELS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84907888286     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413656111     Document Type: Article

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