Abstract

How do organisms without specialized auditory systems perceive and transduce sound? In this issue of Neuron, Iliff etal. (2021) investigate the functional mechanism of airborne sound sensation in Caenorhabditis elegans and highlight the crucial role of alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in mechanotransduction.

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