Long-Sought Protein Sensor for the ‘Sixth Sense’ found -- Proprioception

Monday, November 9, 2015 - 14:01 in Biology & Nature

For decades, biologists have been trying to find the crucial sensor protein in nerve endings that translates muscle and tendon stretching into proprioceptive nerve signals. Now, scientists have identified this sensor protein in mice.

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