The functional and anatomical dissection of somatosensory subpopulations using mouse genetics

• Main Authors: Claire E Le Pichon (Author), Alexander Theodore Chesler (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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The word somatosensation comes from joining the Greek word for body (soma) with a word for perception (sensation). Somatosensory neurons comprise the largest sensory system in mammals and have nerve endings coursing throughout the skin, viscera, muscle, and bone. Their cell bodies reside in a chain...