Mechanosensitivity of the Nervous System
Forewords by Nektarios Tavernarakis and Pontus Persson
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Fibroblasts in the heart can respond to mechanical deformation of the plasma membrane with characteristic changes of their membrane potential. Membrane depolarization of the fibroblasts occurs during the myoca...
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When atrial tissue contracts, mechanically induced potentials (MIPs) are generated in fibroblasts, presumably by activation of a non-selective cation conductance G ns. Non-stimulated atri...