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
2018
Somatosensory Neurons Enter a State of Altered Excitability during Hibernation
Hoffstaetter LJ, Mastrotto M, Merriman DK, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG, Bagriantsev SN, Gracheva EO. Somatosensory Neurons Enter a State of Altered Excitability during Hibernation. Current Biology 2018, 28: 2998-3004.e3. PMID: 30174191, PMCID: PMC6173314, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsArousalBody TemperatureCold TemperatureHibernationSciuridaeSensory Receptor CellsConceptsSomatosensory neuronsAction potentialsPeripheral somatosensory neuronsVoltage-gated sodium channelsTherapeutic hypothermiaAltered excitabilityFunctional deficitsCase of neuronsSensory functionFiring patternsNeuronsCold exposureInput resistanceSodium channelsRapid restorationBody temperatureHypometabolismHypothermiaDevelopment of strategiesSensory informationProlonged periodAdaptive responseArousalCNSExcitability