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Sensory innervation of the human male prepuce: Meissner's corpuscles predominate

Meissner's corpuscles are the most abundant sensory corpuscles in the glabrous skin of the male prepuce. They are type I, rapidly adapting, low‐threshold mechanoreceptors, and their function is linked to the expression of the mechanoprotein piezo‐type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2 (P...

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Autores principales: García‐Mesa, Yolanda, García‐Piqueras, Jorge, Cobo, Ramón, Martín‐Cruces, José, Suazo, Iván, García‐Suárez, Olivia, Feito, Jorge, Vega, José A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8450466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34120333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13481