Somatosensation: The Cellular and Physical Basis of Tactile Experience

Rasmus S Petersen

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.020

Somatosensation: The Cellular and Physical Basis of Tactile Experience

Curr Biol. 2020 Mar 9;30(5):R215-R217. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.020.

Author

Rasmus S Petersen¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Electronic address: R.Petersen@manchester.ac.uk.

PMID: 32155422
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.020

Abstract

A fundamental question in sensory neuroscience is how perceptual experience arises from the cellular properties of sensory neurons. A new, tour de force study has dissected out the functional properties of identified mechanosensory nerve endings that innervate whisker follicles.

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Animals
Axons
Rats
Sensory Receptor Cells
Touch*
Vibrissae*