In vivo characterization of distinct modality-specific subsets of somatosensory neurons using GCaMP

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600990
• Publication Date: 2016-11-12T04:39:52Z
• Authors: Edward C. Emery; Ana P. Luiz; Shafaq Sikandar; Rán Magnúsdóttir; Xinzhong Dong; John N. Wood
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Optical Imaging; GCaMP imaging; polymodal nociceptor; Nociceptors; Mice, Transgenic; Pain modality; Luminescent Proteins; Mice; 03 medical and health sciences; Cell Tracking; Ganglia, Spinal; Animals; nociception; Research Articles

In vivo imaging shows that the great majority of somatosensory neurons are modality-specific.