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The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

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Epidermal progenitors give rise to Merkel cells during embryonic development and adult homeostasis

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Non-competitive metabotropic glutamate 1 receptor antagonists block activity of slowly adapting type I mechanoreceptor units in the rat sinus hair follicle

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Merkel Cells as Putative Regulatory Cells in Skin Disorders: An In Vitro Study

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Rat Merkel Cells Are Mechanoreceptors and Osmoreceptors

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Merkel Cells Are Essential for Light-Touch Responses

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The neurophysiology of unmyelinated tactile afferents

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