PIEZO2

Nicholas W Villarino1, Yasmeen M F Hamed2, Britya Ghosh3

  • 1Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

Neuron
|June 15, 2023
PubMed
概括

光染料FM 1-43通过检测小鼠的PIEZO2通道活动来标记感觉神经元. 这一发现有助于识别参与生理功能的新的PIEZO2表达神经元.

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