Molecular and neural basis of pleasant touch sensation
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2479
Abstract: Pleasant touch provides emotional and psychological support that helps mitigate social isolation and stress. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using a pleasant touch–conditioned place preference (PT-CPP) test, we show that genetic ablation of… read more here.
Keywords: touch; touch sensation; pleasant touch; place preference ... See more keywords