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A quantal code for touch intensity in C. elegans

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Perks and Pierce consider a new study in worms showing that touch intensity is encoded by the quantal activity of mechanoreceptors.

Source: The Journal of General Physiology

DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201912477

Authors: Katherine M. Perks, Jonathan T. Pierce

Institution: The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: CurePSP, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Aging

Awards: G3663605928, A screen for peptides that alter BK channel-mediated alcohol intoxication, Synergistic patterned neurodegeneration by APP and APOE4

OpenAlex ID: W2982092692

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