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Research Areas
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Harvard University
2020
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2020
Secrets of Meissner corpuscles The corpuscle, a mechanosensory end organ, was discovered more than 165 years ago and has since been found in the glabrous skin all mammals, including that on human fingertips. Although prominently featured textbooks, function corpuscle is unknown. Neubarth et al. generated adult mice without used them to show these alone mediate behavioral responses to, perception of, gentle forces (see Perspective by Marshall Patapoutian). Each innervated two molecularly...
10.1126/science.abb2751
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2020-06-18
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