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    Diversification and Specialization of Touch Receptors in Skin

    June 2014 in “ Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine ”
    David M. Owens, Ellen A. Lumpkin
    Studysummary This article discusses recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of tactile end organs in the epidermis and hair follicles from studies of mouse hairy skin, but it reports no new clinical results.
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