In situ patch-clamp recordings from Merkel cells in rat whisker hair follicles, an experimental protocol for studying tactile transduction in tactile-end organs

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 901 19TH Street South, BMR II 210, Birmingham 35294, AL, USA

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku 105-8461, Tokyo, Japan

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