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Water-Induced Finger Wrinkles Do Not Affect Touch Acuity or Dexterity in Handling Wet Objects

Human non-hairy (glabrous) skin of the fingers, palms and soles wrinkles after prolonged exposure to water. Wrinkling is a sympathetic nervous system-dependent process but little is known about the physiology and potential functions of water-induced skin wrinkling. Here we investigated the idea that...

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Autores principales: Haseleu, Julia, Omerbašić, Damir, Frenzel, Henning, Gross, Manfred, Lewin, Gary R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084949

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