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NEURON
Volume 82, Issue 4, Pages 737-755Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.001
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- Leverhulme Trust [RPG-2013-058]
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The multimodal properties of the human somatosensory system continue to be unravelled. There is mounting evidence that one of these submodalities-touch-has another dimension, providing not only its well-recognized discriminative input to the brain, but also an affective input. It has long been recognized that touch plays an important role in many forms of social communication and a number of theories have been proposed to explain observations and beliefs about the power of touch. Here, we propose that a class of low-threshold mechanosensitive C fibers that innervate the hairy skin represent the neurobiological substrate for the affective and rewarding properties of touch.
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