TRP Channels in Sensory Transduction /

TRP channels play a key role in sensory physiology and have been the focus of intensive investigation in recent years. This book is a comprehensive, detailed overview of the ways in which TRP channels are involved in a wide variety of sensory modalities. Authors explore the involvement of TRP channe...

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Other Authors: Madrid, Rodolfo (Editor), Bacigalupo, Juan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:First edition 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Biophysical and molecular features of thermo sensitive TRP channels involved in sensory transduction
  • Pharmacology of TRP channels
  • Modulation of TRP channels by N-glycosylation and Phosphorylation
  • TRP channels in visual transductions
  • TRP channels in transduction for responses to odorants and pheromones
  • TRP channels as targets for modulation of taste transduction
  • TRP channels and mechanical transduction
  • TRP channels in the sensation of heat
  • TRP channels in cold transduction
  • Mathematical modeling of TRPM8 and the cold thermoreceptors.