The molecular basis of touch sensation
A gene known to control lens development in mice and humans is also crucial for the development of neurons responsible for mechanosensory function, as neurobiologists of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have now discovered. They found that in mice in which they had removed the c-Maf gene in the nerve cells, touch sensation is impaired. This similarly applies to huma Source: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres - Discipline: Molecular Biology...
Source: LabSpaces - Tuesday, 21 February
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