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Tune in to KCNQ

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A study finds that the voltage-gated K+ channel KCNQ4 is expressed in a subset of rapidly adapting, low-threshold mechanoreceptors, where it shapes the response profile to dynamic tactile stimuli.

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Figure 1: KCNQ4 shapes Aβ rapidly adapting LTMR tuning to dynamic mechanical stimuli.

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This work was supported by the US National Institutes of Health (NS054902) and the Blaustein Pain Research Fund.

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  1. Clare H. Munns and Michael J. Caterina are in the Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,

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