title: DEG/ENaCs lead by a nose: mechanotransduction in a polymodal sensory neuron.
abstract: Degenerin/epithelial sodium channels (DEG/ENaCs) are luminaries of gentle touch in Caenorhabditis elegans. In this issue of Neuron, Geffeney et al. demonstrate that eponymous DEG-1 channels carry mechanotransduction currents in a polymodal neuron, where they act upstream of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors: Aislyn M
authors: AM
authors: Nelson
authors: Kara L
authors: KL
authors: Marshall
authors: Ellen A
authors: EA
authors: Lumpkin