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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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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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