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Caress touches a nerve

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  1. Olausson, H. Unmyelinated tactile afferents signal touch and project to insular cortex. Nature Neuroscience Published online: doi:10.1038/nn896, (2002).

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Pearson, H. Caress touches a nerve. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news020722-12

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