The functional and anatomical dissection of somatosensory subpopulations using mouse genetics

The functional and anatomical dissection of somatosensory subpopulations using mouse genetics

The word somatosensation comes from joining the Greek word for body (soma) with a word for perception (sensation). Somatosensory neurons comprise the largest sensory system in mammals and have nerve endings coursing throughout the skin, viscera, muscle, and bone. Their cell bodies reside in a chain...

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Main Authors: Claire E Le Pichon, Alexander Theodore Chesler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Subjects:
Nociception
Pain
Touch
Somatosensation
sensory neuron
TRP Channel
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2014.00021/full

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