Cell anatomy and network input explain differences within but not between leech touch cells at two different locations

Mechanosensory cells in the leech share several common features with mechanoreceptors in the human glabrous skin. Previous studies showed that the six T (touch) cells in each body segment of the leech are highly variable in their responses to somatic current injection and change their excitability o...

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Main Authors: Sonja Meiser, Jana Marie Sleeboom, Ihor Arkhypchuk, Kevin Sandbote, Jutta Kretzberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2023.1186997/full