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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"thermosensation"”.
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Neuronal and Molecular Basis of Nociception and Thermosensation in Drosophila melanogaster
… as a great model system to study nociception and thermosensation at molecular, cellular and behavioral levels.</p>
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The Genetics Of Mosquito Heat-Seeking Behavior
… thermotaxis. In rare cases, however, animals use thermosensation not only to regulate their body temperature, but also to locate food sources in their environment. One example of such an adaptation is found in the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which becomes attracted to the body heat of …
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Multimodal Strategies of Host-Seeking Mosquitoes
… sensory modalities, including olfaction, thermosensation, and vision, to hunt human hosts and obtain a blood-meal for egg production. Any individual sensory cue is an incomplete signal of a human host, and so a mosquito must integrate multimodal sensory information before committing to …
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Response to visual threats in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
… modalities such as vision, olfaction, and thermosensation. However, it is not clear whether mosquitoes may also be using some of these same cues to identify that their host is turning into a threat. Focusing solely on visual cues in the context of escape behavior, we used a looming stimulus …
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Mechanisms of thermal sensitivity in rodent primary afferent neurons innervating the skin
… (K+) channels in mediating and/or modulating thermosensation has been suggested. Based on these previous findings, the effects of the broad spectrum potassium channel blockers 4-aminopyridine (4- AP) and Tetraethylammonium (TEA) were studied on primary afferents neurons. Application of 4-AP or …
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Functional Labeling of Individualized Post-Synaptic Neurons using Optogenetics and trans-Tango
Neural circuitry, or how neurons connect across brain regions to form functional units, is the fundamental basis of all brain processing and behavior. There are several neural circuit analysis tools available across different model organisms, but currently the field lacks a comprehensive method …
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The Long-Rage Directional Behavior of the Nematode C. Elegans
… require ciliary function, such as AFD-mediated thermosensation or URX-mediated oxygen sensation. Alternatively, the behavior of daf-19 mutants might imply that neural activity, but not sensory inputs, are required to achieve directed motion. Mutations in osm-9, a TRPV channel implicated in …
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Cellular and Genetic Bases of Cold Nociception and Nociceptive Sensitization In Drosophila Larvae
<p>Organisms from flies to mammals utilize thermoreceptors to detect and respond to noxious thermal stimuli. Although much is understood about noxious heat avoidance, our understanding of the basic biology of noxious cold perception is gravely minimal. Numerous clinical conditions disrupt the …