Identification and functional investigation of Octopus vulgaris TRPV channels as potential nociceptors in cephalopods
Eleonora Maria Pieroni, Howard A. Baylis, Vincent M. O'Connor, Lindy M. Holden-Dye, Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra, Pamela Imperadore, Graziano Fiorito, James Dillon
This study identifies and functionally validates TRPV channels in Octopus vulgaris as polymodal nociceptors using in silico analysis and heterologous expression in model organisms.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience