Kavli Affiliate: Elena Gracheva | Authors: Luke H. Ziolkowski, Elena O. Gracheva and Sviatoslav N. Bagriantsev | Summary: Abstract Afferents of peripheral mechanoreceptors innervate the skin of vertebrates, where they detect physical touch via mechanically gated ion channels (mechanotransducers). While the afferent terminal is generally understood to be the primary site of mechanotransduction, the functional […]
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