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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Chemesthesis"”.
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Chemesthesis in the Earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris: The search for TRP Channels
Chemesthesis is the chemical stimulation of receptors on somatosensory neurons usually by noxious chemicals leading to irritation. Transient receptor potential channels play a major role in detecting chemesthetic stimuli and are found in a wide variety of organisms, from yeast to humans. Currently, …
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Eisenia hortensis Detects Chemesthetic Irritants through TRP Channels
… to agriculture, little is known about earthworm chemesthesis i.e., the detection of chemical irritants. Based on a ecotoxicology soil sampling method which expels earthworms with allyl isothiocyanate, a common Transient Receptor Potential 1 (TRPA1) channel agonist, we hypothesized that earthworms …
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Art in the mouth: a critical evaluation of the chemical senses in contemporary art
… the chemical senses of taste, olfaction and chemesthesis have been determined as unsuitable for inclusion in art in classical philosophical literature. This research challenges that exclusion by exploring the classical judgements and asking if these senses have anything to contribute to …