Blunted behavioral and c Fos responses to acidic fumes in the African naked mole-rat.

Acidosis in the skin triggers activation of pain pathways and behaviors indicative of pain in vertebrates. The exception is the naked mole-rat, the only known vertebrate to show physiological and behavioral insensitivity to acid pain in the skin. The goal of the present study was to determine behavi...

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Main Authors: Pamela Colleen LaVinka, Thomas J Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3444467?pdf=render