Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans.
Pleasant touch sensations may begin with neural coding in the periphery by specific afferents. We found that during soft brush stroking, low-threshold unmyelinated mechanoreceptors (C-tactile), but not myelinated afferents, responded most vigorously at intermediate brushing velocities (1-10 cm s(-1)...
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| author | Löken, L Wessberg, J Morrison, I McGlone, F Olausson, H |
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| description | Pleasant touch sensations may begin with neural coding in the periphery by specific afferents. We found that during soft brush stroking, low-threshold unmyelinated mechanoreceptors (C-tactile), but not myelinated afferents, responded most vigorously at intermediate brushing velocities (1-10 cm s(-1)), which were perceived by subjects as being the most pleasant. Our results indicate that C-tactile afferents constitute a privileged peripheral pathway for pleasant tactile stimulation that is likely to signal affiliative social body contact. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:769e0a7a-cbb2-4600-b805-e95f0b56c9232022-03-26T20:17:25ZCoding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:769e0a7a-cbb2-4600-b805-e95f0b56c923EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Löken, LWessberg, JMorrison, IMcGlone, FOlausson, HPleasant touch sensations may begin with neural coding in the periphery by specific afferents. We found that during soft brush stroking, low-threshold unmyelinated mechanoreceptors (C-tactile), but not myelinated afferents, responded most vigorously at intermediate brushing velocities (1-10 cm s(-1)), which were perceived by subjects as being the most pleasant. Our results indicate that C-tactile afferents constitute a privileged peripheral pathway for pleasant tactile stimulation that is likely to signal affiliative social body contact. |
| spellingShingle | Löken, L Wessberg, J Morrison, I McGlone, F Olausson, H Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. |
| title | Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. |
| title_full | Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. |
| title_fullStr | Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. |
| title_short | Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. |
| title_sort | coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans |
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