This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pacinian corpuscles in the mesentery of adult cats were fixed with either glutaraldehyde, osmium tetroxide or permanganate solutions by close ...

WE have recently studied the distribution of cholinesterases in the cat's pancreas by Koelle's histochemical method 1, and observed that among other structures which contain enzyme the Pacinian ...

Researchers have demonstrated a universal decoding system in humans that determines how we perceive vibrations of different frequencies through touch. Researchers have demonstrated a universal ...

If you were to run the tips of your fingers steadily down one cheek and across your lips to the other cheek, you would sense an assortment of textures (especially if you're male and haven't shaved for ...

Researchers have demonstrated a universal decoding system in humans that determines how we perceive vibrations of different frequencies through touch. Their findings, published in eLife, suggest that ...

New research reveals that an area in the brain known as the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in processing both sound and touch in the form of mechanical vibrations to create an augmented ...

Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has spent his career cataloging the neurons beneath everyday sensations. Like ...

Ludwig van Beethoven began to lose his hearing at age 28 and was deaf by age 44. While the cause of his hearing loss remains a topic of scientific debate and ongoing revision, one thing is clear: ...