title: Investigating neuronal cell types through comparative cellular physiology.
abstract: Comprehensive understanding of nervous systems would require the unambiguous identification of all neuronal cell types, which are distinguished by gene-expression differences, particularly in plasma-membrane receptors and ion channels. Toward this ultimate goal, a recent paper initiated an approach to identify and study divergent neuronal cell types through comparative cellular physiology.
authors: Department of Biology; University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT USA.
authors: Russell W
authors: RW
authors: Teichert
keywords: calcium imaging; cell type; cold thermosensor; comparative biology; constellation pharmacology; ion channel; neuron; neuronal subclass; receptor; somatosensory