Saturday, 2 February 2013

Star-Nosed Mole Reveals How Mammals Perceive Touch, Pain

The most sensitive patch of mammalian skin known to us isn't human but on the star-shaped tip of the star-nosed mole's snout. Researchers studying this organ have found that the star has a higher proportion of touch-sensitive nerve endings than pain receptors, according to a study published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Diana Bautista and colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley and Vanderbilt University. Touch and pain are closely intertwined sensations, but very little is known about how these sensations are detected in our cells... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..


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