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A Cross-Species Analysis Reveals a General Role for Piezo2 in Mechanosensory Specialization of Trigeminal Ganglia from Tactile Specialist Birds
Schneider ER, Anderson EO, Feketa VV, Mastrotto M, Nikolaev YA, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. A Cross-Species Analysis Reveals a General Role for Piezo2 in Mechanosensory Specialization of Trigeminal Ganglia from Tactile Specialist Birds. Cell Reports 2019, 26: 1979-1987.e3. PMID: 30784581, PMCID: PMC6420409, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.01.100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrigeminal ganglionPiezo2 ion channelsExpression of moleculesExpression of factorsPiezo2 expressionSomatosensory neuronsNeuronal subtypesSomatosensory systemSuch neuronsSpecialist birdsBird speciesMolecular variationFamily AnatidaeForaging behaviorTactile specializationNeuronsMechanoreceptorsSpecies analysisGangliaGeneral roleBehavioral phenotypesIon channelsGeneral mechanismTactile specialistsFunction of mechanoreceptors
2014
Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl
Schneider ER, Mastrotto M, Laursen WJ, Schulz VP, Goodman JB, Funk OH, Gallagher PG, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 14941-14946. PMID: 25246547, PMCID: PMC4205607, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413656111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrigeminal ganglionIon channel Piezo2Light mechanical stimuliMechanoreceptive neuronsTG neuronsPrimary afferentsMechanical stimuliTrigeminal afferentsNeuronal excitationEnd organsNeuronal mechanismsDirect mechanical stimulationCellular mechanismsMechanical stimulationAfferentsNeuronsLow thresholdNumerical expansionGangliaStimuli