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Imambocus, B.N., Soba, P. (2022). The elegance of prickly sensations.  eLife 11(): e84161.
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FBrf0255202
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Abstract
Neurons sensing harmful mechanical forces in the larvae of fruit flies have a striking architecture of dendrites that are optimized to detect pointy objects.
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PMC9678355 (PMC) (EuropePMC)
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    English
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    Abbreviation
    eLife
    Title
    eLife
    ISBN/ISSN
    2050-084X
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