Rat Merkel cells are mechanoreceptors and osmoreceptors.

Rat Merkel cells are mechanoreceptors and osmoreceptors.

Merkel cells (MCs) associated with nerve terminals constitute MC-neurite complexes, which are involved in slowly-adapting type I mechanoreception. Although MCs are known to express voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and hypotonic-induced membrane deformation is known to lead to Ca2+ transients, whether MCs...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Boulais, Jean-Pierre Pennec, Nicolas Lebonvallet, Ulysse Pereira, Nathalie Rougier, Germaine Dorange, Christophe Chesné, Laurent Misery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2770322?pdf=render

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