Genetic Identification of an Expansive Mechanoreceptor Sensitive to Skin Stroking

Cell

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1783-1795

  Bai, Ling ^a,b   Lehnert, Brendan P ^a   Liu, Junwei ^c   Neubarth, Nicole L ^a   Dickendesher, Travis L ^a   Nwe, Pann H ^a   Cassidy, Colleen ^d   Woodbury, C Jeffery ^d   Ginty, David D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERNEURON; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINE; TOUCH; ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TOUCH;

EID: 84950296054     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.060     Document Type: Article

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