USH2A is a Meissner corpuscle end-organ protein necessary for vibration sensing in mice and humans
Fred Schwaller, Valérie Bégay, Gema García‐García, Francisco José Taberner, Rabih A. Moshourab, Brennan McDonald, Trevor A. Docter, Johannes Kühnemund, Julia Ojeda‐Alonso, Ricardo Paricio-Montesinos, Stefan G. Lechner, James F.A. Poulet, José María Millán, Gary R. Lewin
This study shows that USH2A is essential for vibration sensing in mice and humans by being expressed in Meissner corpuscle end-organs, not in sensory neurons.
Nature Neuroscience · Dec 7, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience