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Distribution and behaviour of glabrous cutaneous receptors in the human foot sole

To document the activity of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the glabrous skin of the foot sole, tungsten microelectrodes were inserted through the popliteal fossa and into the tibial nerve of thirteen healthy human subjects. A total of 104 cutaneous mechanoreceptors were identified in the glabrous ski...

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Main Authors: Kennedy, Paul M, Inglis, J Timothy
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2290100/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11826182
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013087
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