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Sanshool on The Fingertip Interferes with Vibration Detection in a Rapidly-Adapting (RA) Tactile Channel

An Asian spice, Szechuan pepper (sanshool), is well known for the tingling sensation it induces on the mouth and on the lips. Electrophysiological studies have revealed that its active ingredient can induce firing of mechanoreceptor fibres that typically respond to mechanical vibration. Moreover, a...

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Autores principales: Kuroki, Scinob, Hagura, Nobuhiro, Nishida, Shin’ya, Haggard, Patrick, Watanabe, Junji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5147812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27935970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165842