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SUBMITTER: Pham TQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5722322 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pham Trung Quang TQ Hoshi Takayuki T Tanaka Yoshihiro Y Sano Akihito A
PloS one 20171208 12
The feeling of touch is an essential human sensation. Four types of mechanoreceptors (i.e., FA-I, SA-I, FA-II, and SA-II) in human skin signalize physical properties, such as shape, size, and texture, of an object that is touched and transmit the signal to the brain. Previous studies attempted to investigate the mechanical properties of skin microstructure and their effect on mechanoreceptors by using finite element modeling. However, very few studies have focused on the three-dimensional micros ...[more]