C-tactile afferents: The mystery of human emotional touch has been hidden hair-deep

Ingvars Birznieks

doi:10.1113/JP289528

C-tactile afferents: The mystery of human emotional touch has been hidden hair-deep

Ingvars Birznieks

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4441-4442
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Physiology
Volume	603
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1113/JP289528
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2025
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

affective touch
C-LTMR
C-tactile afferents
hair follicle
mechanoreceptors

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