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Skin Sensorial Receptors

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The functional characteristics of the various types of skin receptors are better known thanks to electrophysiological studies in animals and microneurographic studies in humans which allow to record the unitary fibers response to an electrical or sensitive stimulation.

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  1. French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, 12 rue du Val d’Osne, 94415, Saint Maurice, France

    Loïc Rambaud

  2. Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Neurologiques, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310, Pierre-Bénite, France

    Laurence Kocher

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  1. Medecine Vasculaire Lab. Ingénierie et de Biologie Cutanées, CHU Besancon Service Dermatologie et, Besancon, France

    Philippe Humbert

  2. San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard Maibach

  3. Department of Dermatology, Saint Jacques University Hospital, Besançon, France

    Ferial Fanian

  4. Univ. Besançon Dépt. Dermatologie, Besançon, France

    Pierre Agache

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Rambaud, L., Kocher, L. (2016). Skin Sensorial Receptors. In: Humbert, P., Maibach, H., Fanian, F., Agache, P. (eds) Agache’s Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26594-0_77-1

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