FIGURE 16.5. Hypothetical thermal nociception circuit.

FIGURE 16.5

Hypothetical thermal nociception circuit. We hypothesize that the low-threshold type of thermosensory neuron (top trace) drives inhibition of a rolling locomotion pattern generator. The high-threshold type (bottom trace) should simultaneously activate rolling locomotion and drive inhibition of normal locomotion.

From: Chapter 16, Genetics Can Be Painless: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Nociception in Drosophila

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TRP Ion Channel Function in Sensory Transduction and Cellular Signaling Cascades.
Liedtke WB, Heller S, editors.
Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press/Taylor & Francis; 2007.
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