The force be with you: a mechanoreceptor channel in proprioception and touch.
The TRPN1 ion channel has a role in both hearing and bristle mechanosensation in fruit flies and in proprioception in nematodes. In this issue of Neuron, two papers present evidence that TRPN1 is also required for proprioception in fruit fly larvae and that it is a bona fide mechanoreceptor channel for nematode feeding behavior.
Wilson
Rachel I
RI
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. rachel_wilson@hms.harvard.edu
Corey
David P
DP