Ionic basis of a mechanotransduction current in adult rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Sensory mechanical transduction – necessary for hearing, proprioception, and the senses of touch and pain – remains poorly understood. In somatosensation, even the basic properties of the mechanically sensitive excitatory ionic currents that are assumed to mediat...

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Main Authors: McCarter Gordon C, Levine Jon D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-08-01
Series:Molecular Pain
Online Access:http://www.molecularpain.com/content/2/1/28