Focused ultrasound excites action potentials in mammalian peripheral neurons in part through the mechanically gated ion channel PIEZO2
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115821119
Abstract: Significance Modulation of peripheral nervous system (PNS) activity has shown promise in treating a wide range of diseases, from epilepsy to rheumatoid arthritis. Clinically, stimulation of nerves is most commonly delivered through invasive and risk-laden… read more here.
Keywords: focused ultrasound; excites action; ultrasound excites; peripheral neurons ... See more keywords
Neuroglia infection by rabies virus after anterograde virus spread in peripheral neurons
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DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-01074-6
Abstract: The highly neurotropic rabies virus (RABV) enters peripheral neurons at axon termini and requires long distance axonal transport and trans-synaptic spread between neurons for the infection of the central nervous system (CNS). Recent 3D imaging… read more here.
Keywords: rabies virus; field; infection; peripheral neurons ... See more keywords