Club-Like Receptors Respond to Light Touch but Not to Whisking
December 2025
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Nature Communications
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Studysummary This study in male rats identified a unique type of mechanoreceptor, the club-like ending, which responds only to touch and not to self-motion during whisking, contrasting with other receptors that show mixed selectivity.
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