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Somatosensory neurons integrate the geometry of skin deformation and mechanotransduction channels to shape touch sensing.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Obstacles Regulate Membrane Tension Propagation to Enable Localized Mechanotransduction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Correction.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Article
- The Caenorhabditis elegans cuticle and precuticle: a model for studying dynamic apical extracellular matrices in vivo.Genetics · 2024Review
- C. elegans touch receptor neurons direct mechanosensory complex organization via repurposing conserved basal lamina proteins.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
- The influence of internal pressure and neuromuscular agents onFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Sensory neuron activation from topical treatments modulates the sensorial perception of human skin.PNAS nexus · 2023Article
- Mechanosensitive membrane proteins: Usual and unusual suspects in mediating mechanotransduction.The Journal of general physiology · 2023Article
- Reciprocal interactions between transforming growth factor beta signaling and collagens: Insights from Caenorhabditis elegans.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2022Article
- 3D mechanical characterization of single cells and small organisms using acoustic manipulation and force microscopy.Nature communications · 2021Article
- The Rheology of the Carotid Sinus: A Path Toward Bioinspired Intervention.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Review
- Touch-induced mechanical strain in somatosensory neurons is independent of extracellular matrix mutations inMolecular biology of the cell · 2020Article
- A quantal code for touch intensity inThe Journal of general physiology · 2019Article
- Progressive recruitment of distal MEC-4 channels determines touch response strength inThe Journal of general physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Touch sensation hinges on force transfer across the skin and activation of mechanosensitive ion channels along the somatosensory neurons that invade the skin. This skin-nerve sensory system demands a quantitative model that spans the application of mechanical loads to channel activation. Unlike prior models of the dynamic responses of touch receptor neurons in
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