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  December 2011   in “Cell”    Different hair follicles in the skin are innervated by unique combinations of mechanosensory neurons, crucial for touch sensation.  
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  February 2014   in “eLife”    Lanceolate complexes in mouse hair follicles are essential for touch and depend on specific cells for maintenance and regeneration.  
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  October 2023   in “Science advances”    Touching hair can activate nearby nerve cells through signals from the hair's outer layer.  
      
    Meis2 is essential for touch sensation and proper nerve connection to touch receptors in certain skin areas of mice.  
      August 2022   in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)”
           August 2022   in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)”    Mouse touch-sensitive nerve cells adjust their connections based on competition with other similar cells.