Abstract
Neurosensorial epidermal formations are mainly nerve fibres and Merkel cells. Skin innervation is highly dense, but with density and morphology variable with body site. Merkel cells (less than 1% of epidermal cells) are neuro-endocrine cells. Their distribution is also variable.
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Misery, L. (2017). Skin Sensory Structural Component and Function. In: Humbert, P., Fanian, F., Maibach, H., Agache, P. (eds) Agache's Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32383-1_76
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