By solving a long standing scientific mystery, the common saying "you just hit a nerve" might need to be updated to "you just hit a Merkel cell," jokes Jianguo Gu, PhD. That's because Gu, a pain researcher at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and his research colleagues have proved that Merkel cells- which contact many sensory nerve endings in the skin-are the initial sites for sensing touch. "Scientists have spent over a century trying to understand ...Wednesday 16 April 2014
Research Illuminates the Initial Sites for Sensing Touch
By solving a long standing scientific mystery, the common saying "you just hit a nerve" might need to be updated to "you just hit a Merkel cell," jokes Jianguo Gu, PhD. That's because Gu, a pain researcher at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and his research colleagues have proved that Merkel cells- which contact many sensory nerve endings in the skin-are the initial sites for sensing touch. "Scientists have spent over a century trying to understand ...
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