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Episode 207 -- Ajay Dhaka PhD
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Nov 7, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Ajay Dhaka (UW) talks about distinctions in itch (pruritis) and pain (nociception) somatosensation, and his discovery of overlapping mechanisms for these sensations via direct activation of different populations of TRP channel-expressing somatosensory neurons in zebrafish. He also talks to us about developing zebrafish larvae as a behavioral screening tool for analgesic drug discovery.
Duration: 35 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
Lindsey Macpherson (Asst Prof, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Ajay Dhaka (UW) talks about distinctions in itch (pruritis) and pain (nociception) somatosensation, and his discovery of overlapping mechanisms for these sensations via direct activation of different populations of TRP channel-expressing somatosensory neurons in zebrafish. He also talks to us about developing zebrafish larvae as a behavioral screening tool for analgesic drug discovery.
Duration: 35 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
Lindsey Macpherson (Asst Prof, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Released:
Nov 7, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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