The cell biology of touch

The sense of touch detects forces that bombard the body’s surface. In metazoans, an assortment of morphologically and functionally distinct mechanosensory cell types are tuned to selectively respond to diverse mechanical stimuli, such as vibration, stretch, and pressure. A comparative evolutionary approach across mechanosensory cell types and genetically tractable species is beginning to uncover the cellular logic of touch reception.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Cell Biology

• Publication date

  2010-10-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1083/jcb.201006074PMID 20956378PMCID 2958478
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