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Touch Transduction

Touch Transduction is a sensory transduction mechanism that converts mechanical stimuli applied to the skin into neural signals through the activation of specialized mechanoreceptors in the somatosensory system.

22

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2.1K

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86

Authors

36

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2017–2026

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Publications

22

Epidermal Merkel cells are mechanosensory cells that tune mammalian touch receptors

Srdjan Maksimovic, Masashi Nakatani, Yoshichika Baba et al. · Nature · 2014 · 601 citations

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Merkel Cells Transduce and Encode Tactile Stimuli to Drive Aβ-Afferent Impulses

Ryo Ikeda, Myeounghoon Cha, Jennifer Ling et al. · Cell · 2014 · 303 citations · Full text

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Specific roles for DEG/ENaC and TRP channels in touch and thermosensation in C. elegans nociceptors

Marios Chatzigeorgiou, Sungjae Yoo, Joseph D. Watson et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2010 · 278 citations · Full text

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The EGL-3 Proprotein Convertase Regulates Mechanosensory Responses of<i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>

Jamie Kass, Tija C. Jacob, Peter S. Kim et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2001 · 166 citations · Full text

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TRPA1 Mediates Mechanical Currents in the Plasma Membrane of Mouse Sensory Neurons

Daniel Vilceanu, Cheryl L. Stucky · PLoS ONE · 2010 · 145 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MD
    Monica Driscoll

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    4 publications · 408 citations

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  2. KS
    Katie S. Kindt

    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, United States

    2 publications · 323 citations

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  3. WR
    William R Schafer

    MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 323 citations

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  4. DM
    Diana M. Bautista

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  5. MC
    Marios Chatzigeorgiou

    MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 323 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    895 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    893 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    3.7K citations

  4. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    691 citations

  5. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    922 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    646 citations

  8. Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, United States

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    498 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 215 citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    3 publications · 249 citations

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  3. Cell

    1 publications · 303 citations

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  4. Arthropod Structure & Development

    1 publications · 54 citations

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  5. Netherlands Journal of Zoology

    1 publications · 15 citations

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