NeuroscienceSciencePeer-reviewed
Touch sensation requires the mechanically-gated ion channel Elkin1.
Sampurna Chakrabarti, Jasmin Daniela Klich, Mohammed A. Khallaf…·Gary R. Lewin
This study identifies Elkin1 as a novel mechanically-activated ion channel essential for touch and pain sensation, independent of Piezo2.
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