Merkel Cells Activate Sensory Neural Pathways through Adrenergic Synapses

Merkel Cells Activate Sensory Neural Pathways through Adrenergic Synapses, Hoffman et al. reveal the molecular machinery underlying neurotransmission at a gentle-touch receptor. Employing Eccles’s classical criteria for a chemical synapse, they show that epithelial Merkel cells communicate with sensory neurons through β2-adrenergic receptors at excitatory synapses., Hoffman et al. reveal the molecular machinery underlying neurotransmission at a gentle-touch receptor. Employing Eccles’s classical criteria for a chemical synapse, they show that epithelial Merkel cells communicate with sensory neurons through β2-adrenergic receptors at excitatory synapses., admin,