Touch sense

Identification of Three Novel Hearing Loss Mouse Strains with Mutations in the Tmc1 Gene

(2012) Shehnaaz S.M. Manji et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Mutations in the mechanotransduction protein PIEZO1 are associated with hereditary xerocytosis

(2012) R. Zarychanski et al.   BLOOD

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

The Transcription Factor c-Maf Controls Touch Receptor Development and Function

(2012) H. Wende et al.   SCIENCE

A Genetic Basis for Mechanosensory Traits in Humans

(2012) Henning Frenzel et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Piezo1 Is Inhibited by the Peptide GsMTx4

(2011) Chilman Bae et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

(2011) Lishi Li et al.   CELL

ATP signalling is crucial for the response of human keratinocytes to mechanical stimulation by hypo-osmotic shock

(2011) Nathalie Azorin et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Mechanotransduction in mouse inner ear hair cells requires transmembrane channel–like genes

(2011) Yoshiyuki Kawashima et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Laminin-332 coordinates mechanotransduction and growth cone bifurcation in sensory neurons

(2011) Li-Yang Chiang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

KCNQ4 K+ channels tune mechanoreceptors for normal touch sensation in mouse and man

(2011) Matthias Heidenreich et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Recording of mechanosensitive currents using piezoelectrically driven mechanostimulator

(2011) Jizhe Hao et al.   Nature Protocols

Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory neurons

(2011) Patrick Delmas et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Evidence for a protein tether involved in somatic touch

(2010) Jing Hu et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

Physiological Basis of Tingling Paresthesia Evokedby Hydroxy- -Sanshool

(2010) R. C. Lennertz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Multiple Desensitization Mechanisms of Mechanotransducer Channels Shape Firing of Mechanosensory Neurons

(2010) J. Hao et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Large and Small Fiber Dysfunction in Peripheral Nerve Injuries With or Without Spontaneous Pain

(2010) Inge Petter Kleggetveit et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

Detection of acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) in periodontal Ruffini endings of mouse incisors

(2010) Farhana Rahman et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

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

(2010) B. Coste et al.   SCIENCE

Sox2-positive dermal papilla cells specify hair follicle type in mammalian epidermis

(2009) R. R. Driskell et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Mammalian Merkel cells are descended from the epidermal lineage

(2009) Kristin M. Morrison et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The mechano-activated K+ channels TRAAK and TREK-1 control both warm and cold perception

(2009) Jacques Noël et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Epidermal progenitors give rise to Merkel cells during embryonic development and adult homeostasis

(2009) Alexandra Van Keymeulen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

GABAergic/Glutamatergic-Glial/Neuronal Interaction Contributes to Rapid Adaptation in Pacinian Corpuscles

(2009) L. Pawson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Kinetic properties of mechanically activated currents in spinal sensory neurons

(2009) François Rugiero et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Molecular Identification of Rapidly Adapting Mechanoreceptors and Their Developmental Dependence on Ret Signaling

(2009) Wenqin Luo et al.   NEURON

Low-Threshold Mechanoreceptor Subtypes Selectively Express MafA and Are Specified by Ret Signaling

(2009) Steeve Bourane et al.   NEURON

Merkel Cells Are Essential for Light-Touch Responses

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

TMC1 but Not TMC2 Is Responsible for Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment in Tunisian Families

(2008) Abdelaziz Tlili et al.   AUDIOLOGY AND NEURO-OTOLOGY

TRPs in Our Senses

(2008) Nils Damann et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Pungent agents from Szechuan peppers excite sensory neurons by inhibiting two-pore potassium channels

(2008) Diana M Bautista et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The neurophysiology of unmyelinated tactile afferents

(2008) Håkan Olausson et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Three-dimensional analyses of touch domes in the hairy skin of the cat paw reveal morphological substrates for complex sensory processing

(2008) Satomi Ebara et al.   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

Radial stretch reveals distinct populations of mechanosensitive mammalian somatosensory neurons

(2008) M. R. C. Bhattacharya et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA