Getting in Touch with Mechanical Pain Mechanisms.
DRG neuron
mechanical pain
mechanonociceptor
nociception
peripheral nervous system
somatosensory
Journal
Trends in neurosciences
ISSN: 1878-108X
Titre abrégé: Trends Neurosci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7808616
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
20
11
2019
revised:
14
02
2020
accepted:
04
03
2020
entrez:
1
5
2020
pubmed:
1
5
2020
medline:
19
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The peripheral somatosensory system bestows mammals with a diverse repertoire of sensory modalities: gentle touch, mechanical pain, itch, thermosensation, and proprioception. The cells and molecules that transduce many of these stimuli have already been characterized. But how somatosensory neurons transduce acutely painful mechanical forces is largely unknown and remains one of the 'final frontiers' of sensory neurobiology. In an effort to fill this gap in knowledge, recent studies have identified subpopulations of mechanical pain neurons and uncovered novel modulators of mechanical pain. These studies have greatly advanced our understanding of how noxious mechanical stimuli are detected in mammals. Here, we discuss recent progress in noxious mechanosensation and highlight new behavioral methods to assess mechanical pain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32353335
pii: S0166-2236(20)30050-3
doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2020.03.004
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
311-325Informations de copyright
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