Volume 128, Issue 1, (January 2007) Neurobiology Select Cell Volume 128, Issue 1, (January 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.026 Copyright © 2007 Terms and Conditions
Figure: Merkel cells and hair follicles in mammalian skin are innervated by sensory receptors that detect touch stimuli. Although stomatin, ASIC2, and ASIC3 contribute to mechanotransduction, SLP3 is necessary to respond to mechanical stimuli in many mammalian touch receptors. Model courtesy of G. Lewin. Cell 2007 128, DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.026) Copyright © 2007 Terms and Conditions
Figure: Intestinal epithelial cells (DNA in blue) stimulated for 3 hr by the Lactobacillus acidophilus strain NCFM show increased expression of the μ-opioid receptor (red). Image courtesy of P. Desreumaux. Cell 2007 128, DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.026) Copyright © 2007 Terms and Conditions