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1 Overview of Mechanosensory Transduction |
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1.1 Mechanosensory Transduction |
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1.1.1 Sensory Transduction |
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1.1.2 Mechanosensory Transduction in Physiology |
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1.1.3 Dysfunction of Mechanotransduction in Diseases |
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1.2.1 Mechanotransduction in Bacteria |
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1.2.2 Mechanosensitive Channels (Msc) |
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1.2.3 The Surface Attaching Apparatus |
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1.3 Model II: Touch-Sensitive Neurons in C. elegans |
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1.3.1 Mechanosensation in C. elegans |
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1.3.2 A Good Animal Model |
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1.3.3 Mechanosensory Neurons in C. elegans |
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1.3.4 The Transduction Apparatus in C. elegans Touch Receptors |
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1.4 Model III: Inner Ear Hair Cells |
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1.4.1 Function and Structure of the Hair Cells |
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1.4.2 Mechanotransduction Apparatus in Hair Cells |
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2 "Gating-Spring" Model for Mechanotransduction |
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2.1 A Minimal Mechanotransduction Apparatus |
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2.2 The "Gating-Spring" Model |
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2.2.2 The Simple Mechanical Description |
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2.2.3 Model Predictions: Sensitivity and Dynamic Range |
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2.2.4 Functional Implications |
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3 Mechanoreceptors in Drosophila melanogaster |
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3.1 Overview of Fly Mechanoreceptors |
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3.2 Type I Mechanoreceptors |
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3.2.2 Campaniform Sensilla |
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3.2.4 Ciliated Mechanoreceptors in Fly Larvae |
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3.3 Type II Mechanoreceptors |
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3.3.3 Class III da Neuron |
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4 Mechanotransduction in Drosophila Mechanoreceptors |
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4.1 Overview of Fly Mechanotransduction |
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4.2.2 Dendritic Tip and the Supporting Structures |
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4.3.1 Cuticle Deformation |
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4.3.2 Dendritic Tip and the Supporting Structures |
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4.3.3 Molecular Basis of Mechanotransduction |
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4.4.1 Fly Antenna and Johnston's Organ |
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4.4.2 Molecular Basis of Mechanotransduction |
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4.5 Dendritic Arborization Neurons |
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4.5.1 Overall Mechanics of da Neurons |
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4.5.2 Molecular Basis of Mechanotransduction |
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5 Drosophila Mechanotransduction Channels |
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5.2 No Mechanoreceptor Potential C (NompC) |
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5.2.1 Overview on Fly NompC |
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5.2.4 The Gating Spring of NompC |
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5.2.5 NompC-Microtubule Interaction |
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5.2.6 Physiological Roles of Fly NompC |
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5.2.7 NompC/TRPN in Other Organisms |
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Afterword |
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