2023
3D architecture and a bicellular mechanism of touch detection in mechanosensory corpuscle
Nikolaev Y, Ziolkowski L, Pang S, Li W, Feketa V, Xu C, Gracheva E, Bagriantsev S. 3D architecture and a bicellular mechanism of touch detection in mechanosensory corpuscle. Science Advances 2023, 9: eadi4147. PMID: 37703368, PMCID: PMC10499330, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi4147.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Lamellar cells in Pacinian and Meissner corpuscles are touch sensors
Nikolaev YA, Feketa VV, Anderson EO, Schneider ER, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Lamellar cells in Pacinian and Meissner corpuscles are touch sensors. Science Advances 2020, 6: eabe6393. PMID: 33328243, PMCID: PMC7744075, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe6393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLamellar cellsR-type voltage-gated calcium channelsMeissner corpusclesAction potentialsChannel-dependent action potentialsPacinian corpusclesVoltage-gated calcium channelsSensory afferent neuronsNon-neuronal cellsBill skinAfferent neuronsNeuronal afferentsCalcium channelsElectrophysiological recordingsTactile stimuliCorpusclesIon channelsCellsSkinFirst evidenceTactile organsAfferentsNeurons