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Mechanical Sensation

Mechanical Sensation is a type of somatic sensation that involves the detection of mechanical stimuli such as pressure, vibration, stretch, and touch through specialized sensory receptors in the skin and deeper tissues.

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985

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362

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2017–2026

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Mechanosensation

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261

A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

Yeongin Kim, Alex Chortos, Wentao Xu et al. · Science · 2018 · 1.4K citations

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The sense of flutter-vibration: comparison of the human capacity with response patterns of mechanoreceptive afferents from the monkey hand.

William Henry Fox Talbot, I. Darian-Smith, H. H. Kornhuber et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1968 · 1K citations

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Piezo2 is the major transducer of mechanical forces for touch sensation in mice

Sanjeev S. Ranade, Seung-Hyun Woo, Adrienne E. Dubin et al. · Nature · 2014 · 932 citations

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Properties of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the human hand related to touch sensation.

Å. B. Vallbo, Roland S. Johansson · PubMed · 1984 · 931 citations

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Four channels mediate the mechanical aspects of touch

Stanley J. Bolanowski, George A. Gescheider, Ronald T. Verrillo et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1988 · 922 citations

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Authors

985

  1. TM
    Toshisuke Miwa

    Indian Institute of Management Mumbai, India

    8 publications · 300 citations

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  2. MB
    Miriam B. Goodman

    Stanford University, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. YM
    Yasutoshi Makino

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    4 publications · 102 citations

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  4. ÅB
    Å. B. Vallbo

    Umeå University, Sweden

    4 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. GR
    Gary R. Lewin

    Max Delbrück Center, Germany

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

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Institutions

362

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    10 h-index

    50 publications

    22.9K citations

  2. Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

    Mumbai, India

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    315 citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    45 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    425 citations

  7. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. The Journal of Physiology

    13 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Pain

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Experimental Brain Research

    8 publications · 663 citations

    8

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  4. Industrial Health

    8 publications · 300 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 1.4K citations

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