C. elegans multi-dendritic sensory neurons: Morphology and function
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C. elegans multi-dendritic sensory neurons: morphology and function.
PVD and FLP sensory neurons envelope the body of the C. elegans adult with a highly branched network of thin sensory processes. Both PVD and FLP neurons are mechanosensors. PVD is known to mediate the response to high threshold mechanical stimuli. Thus PVD and FLP neurons are similar in both morphology and function to mammalian nociceptors. To better understand the function of these neurons we ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1044-7431
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.10.001