Abstract
Mechanical distension/stretch in the colon provokes visceral hypersensitivity and pain. In this issue of Neuron, Xie etal. report that mechanosensitive Piezo2 channels, expressed by TRPV1-lineage nociceptors, are involved in visceral mechanical nociception and hypersensitivity.
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