Journal article
Merkel cells are not the mechanosensory transducers in the touch dome of the rat
Abstract
The identity of the mechanosensory transducing elements in the vertebrate touch receptors that contain Merkel cell-neurite complexes is unknown. The Merkel cells, however, have long been the favoured candidates. We have now selectively eliminated the Merkel cells from rat touch domes by first loading them with quinacrine, and then irradiating the domes with near-UV light. Mechanical stimulation of these domes revealed a range of mechanosensory …
Authors
Mills LR; Diamond J
Journal
Brain Cell Biology, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 117–134
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
February 1995
DOI
10.1007/bf01181555
ISSN
1559-7105