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Thermoreceptors: recent heat in thermosensation
1The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098, USA. mccleske@ohsu.edu
Current Biology : CB
|February 28, 1998
Abstract:
Every organism with a nervous system can detect changes in temperature. Recent studies on sensory neurons from rats and genetic evidence from nematodes have provided intriguing hints about the molecular basis of thermosensation.