Tune in to KCNQ

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 23 Dec 2011 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature Neuroscience, volume 15, pages 8-10 (issn: 1097-6256, eissn: 1546-1726,

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Authors: Clare H, Munns; Michael J, Caterina;

doi: 10.1038/nn.3012

pmid: 22193251

Tune in to KCNQ

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Abstract

A study finds that the voltage-gated K+ channel KCNQ4 is expressed in a subset of rapidly adapting, low-threshold mechanoreceptors, where it shapes the response profile to dynamic tactile stimuli.

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Keywords

KCNQ Potassium Channels, Touch Perception, Touch, Animals, Humans, Hearing Loss, Mechanoreceptors

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