The gentle touch receptors of mammalian skin

Merkel Cells Transduce and Encode Tactile Stimuli to Drive Aβ-Afferent Impulses

(2014) Ryo Ikeda et al.   CELL

Epidermal Merkel cells are mechanosensory cells that tune mammalian touch receptors

(2014) Srdjan Maksimovic et al.   NATURE

Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction

(2014) Seung-Hyun Woo et al.   NATURE

The structure and organization of lanceolate mechanosensory complexes at mouse hair follicles

(2014) Lishi Li et al.   eLife

Cutaneous Corpuscular Receptors of the Human Glans Clitoris: Descriptive Characteristics and Comparison with the Glans Penis

(2013) Cheryl Shih et al.   Journal of Sexual Medicine

Genetic identification of C fibres that detect massage-like stroking of hairy skin in vivo

(2013) Sophia Vrontou et al.   NATURE

The Sensory Neurons of Touch

(2013) Victoria E. Abraira et al.   NEURON

Hairy Sensation

(2013) Stefan G. Lechner et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

(2011) Lishi Li et al.   CELL

Evidence for a protein tether involved in somatic touch

(2010) Jing Hu et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

GABAergic/Glutamatergic-Glial/Neuronal Interaction Contributes to Rapid Adaptation in Pacinian Corpuscles

(2009) L. Pawson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans

(2009) Line S Löken et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Merkel Cells Are Essential for Light-Touch Responses

(2009) S. M. Maricich et al.   SCIENCE