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Spinal signalling of C-fiber mediated pleasant touch in humans

C-tactile afferents form a distinct channel that encodes pleasant tactile stimulation. Prevailing views indicate they project, as with other unmyelinated afferents, in lamina I-spinothalamic pathways. However, we found that spinothalamic ablation in humans, whilst profoundly impairing pain, temperat...

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Autores principales: Marshall, Andrew G, Sharma, Manohar L, Marley, Kate, Olausson, Hakan, McGlone, Francis P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31872799
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51642