Making sense of proprioception
Authors
- A. Santuz
- N. Zampieri
Journal
- Trends in Genetics
Citation
- Trends Genet 40 (1): 20-23
Abstract
Proprioception - the sense of body position in space - is intimately linked to motor control. Here, we briefly review the current knowledge of the proprioceptive system and how advances in the genetic characterisation of proprioceptive sensory neurons in mice promise to dissect its role in health and disease.