Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction

Computation identifies structural features that govern neuronal firing properties in slowly adapting touch receptors

(2014) Daine R Lesniak et al.   eLife

Neurotransmitters and synaptic components in the Merkel cell-neurite complex, a gentle-touch receptor

(2013) Srdjan Maksimovic et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

piezo2bRegulates Vertebrate Light Touch Response

(2013) Adèle Faucherre et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Sensory Neurons of Touch

(2013) Victoria E. Abraira et al.   NEURON

Rodents Rely on Merkel Cells for Texture Discrimination Tasks

(2012) S. M. Maricich et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

(2012) Bertrand Coste et al.   NATURE

The role of Drosophila Piezo in mechanical nociception

(2012) Sung Eun Kim et al.   NATURE

Inflammatory Signals Enhance Piezo2-Mediated Mechanosensitive Currents

(2012) Adrienne E. Dubin et al.   Cell Reports

Identification of epidermal progenitors for the Merkel cell lineage

(2010) S.-H. Woo et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The Regularity of Sustained Firing Reveals Two Populations of Slowly Adapting Touch Receptors in Mouse Hairy Skin

(2010) Scott A. Wellnitz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Piezo1 and Piezo2 Are Essential Components of Distinct Mechanically Activated Cation Channels

(2010) B. Coste et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence of fast serotonin transmission in frog slowly adapting type 1 responses

(2010) Daniel Press et al.   SOMATOSENSORY AND MOTOR RESEARCH

Math1 Is Essential for the Development of Hindbrain Neurons Critical for Perinatal Breathing

(2009) Matthew F. Rose et al.   NEURON

Non-competitive metabotropic glutamate 1 receptor antagonists block activity of slowly adapting type I mechanoreceptor units in the rat sinus hair follicle

(2009) P.M.B. Cahusac et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Merkel Cells Are Essential for Light-Touch Responses

(2009) S. M. Maricich et al.   SCIENCE

Speed and Temperature Dependences of Mechanotransduction in Afferent Fibers Recorded From the Mouse Saphenous Nerve

(2008) Nevena Milenkovic et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Voltage-activated ion channels and Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release shape Ca2+ signaling in Merkel cells

(2008) Rebecca Piskorowski et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY