Transduction and encoding sensory information by skin mechanoreceptors

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 467, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-119

  Hao, Jizhe ^a   Bonnet, Caroline ^a   Amsalem, Muriel ^a   Ruel, Jérôme ^a   Delmas, Patrick ^a  

^a University of Mediterranée   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; DRG neurons; Ion channels; Kv; Mechanosensation; Mechanotransduction; Pain; Piezo

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE CAV3.2; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ4; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.2; POTASSIUM ION; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.9; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; DESENSITIZATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOSENSORY CELL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MERKEL CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN PAIN; SKIN RECEPTOR; SKIN SENSATION; SPINAL GANGLION; TOUCH; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INNERVATION; NOCICEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN PERCEPTION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH;

EID: 84922102428     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1651-7     Document Type: Review

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