The Low-Threshold Calcium Channel Cav3.2 Determines Low-Threshold Mechanoreceptor Function

Cell Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 370-382

  François, Amaury ^a,b,c   Schüetter, Niklas ^d   Laffray, Sophie ^a,b,c   Sanguesa, Juan ^a,b,c   Pizzoccaro, Anne ^a,b,c   Dubel, Stefan ^a,b,c   Mantilleri, Annabelle ^e   Nargeot, Joel ^a,b,c   Noël, Jacques ^a,f   Wood, JohnN ^g   Moqrich, Aziz ^e   Pongs, Olaf ^d   Bourinet, Emmanuel ^a,b,c  

^a Laboratory of Excellence in Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV3.2; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADELTA LOW THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTOR; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C LOW THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTOR; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; KNOCKIN MOUSE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TOUCH;

EID: 84921374992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.12.042     Document Type: Article

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