A quantal code for touch intensity in C. elegans

J Gen Physiol. 2019 Dec 2;151(12):1343-1346. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201912477. Epub 2019 Oct 25.

Authors

Katherine M Perks¹, Jonathan T Pierce²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Learning and Memory, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
² Center for Learning and Memory, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX jonps@austin.utexas.edu.

Abstract

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

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins*
Caenorhabditis elegans*
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
Membrane Proteins
Touch

Substances

Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Mec-4 protein, C elegans
Membrane Proteins

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