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- Roger Holmes Watkins
- LNC (Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (UMR 7291), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Mariama Dione
- LNC (Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (UMR 7291), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Rochelle Ackerley
- LNC (Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (UMR 7291), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Helena Backlund Wasling
- Department of Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Johan Wessberg
- Department of Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Line S. Löken
- Department of Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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<jats:p> Human touch is encoded by low-threshold mechanoreceptors, including myelinated Aβ afferents and unmyelinated C-tactile (CT) afferents. CTs are abundant in hairy skin and are thought to code gentle, stroking touch that signals positive affective interactions. CTs have never been described in human glabrous skin, yet we show evidence of their existence on the hand, albeit at a relatively low density. Glabrous skin CTs may provide modulatory reinforcement of gentle tactile interactions during touch using the hands. </jats:p>
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- Journal of Neurophysiology
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Journal of Neurophysiology 125 (1), 232-237, 2021-01-01
American Physiological Society
