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National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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There are two kinds of detection of ambient temperature in the periphery, through sensory neurons and through skin keratinocytes. In the latter case, the temperature information should be transferred to the sensory neurons. Thermosensitive TRP channels are involved in both cases.

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Makoto Tominaga

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