"Touch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014110
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.816.850 G11.561.790.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Touch- Touch
- Sense of Touch
- Touch Sense
- Touch Senses
- Taction
- Tactions
- Tactile Sense
- Sense, Tactile
- Senses, Tactile
- Tactile Senses
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Touch" by people in Profiles.
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Zuzarte I, Indic P, Barton B, Paydarfar D, Bednarek F, Bloch-Salisbury E. Vibrotactile stimulation: A non-pharmacological intervention for opioid-exposed newborns. PLoS One. 2017; 12(4):e0175981.
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Ma Z, Stork T, Bergles DE, Freeman MR. Neuromodulators signal through astrocytes to alter neural circuit activity and behaviour. Nature. 2016 11 17; 539(7629):428-432.
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Kaszuba BC, Walling I, Gee LE, Shin DS, Pilitsis JG. Effects of subthalamic deep brain stimulation with duloxetine on mechanical and thermal thresholds in 6OHDA lesioned rats. Brain Res. 2017 01 15; 1655:233-241.
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Yan Z, Zhang W, He Y, Gorczyca D, Xiang Y, Cheng LE, Meltzer S, Jan LY, Jan YN. Drosophila NOMPC is a mechanotransduction channel subunit for gentle-touch sensation. Nature. 2013 Jan 10; 493(7431):221-5.
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Stein LI, Polido JC, Mailloux Z, Coleman GG, Cermak SA. Oral care and sensory sensitivities in children with autism spectrum disorders. Spec Care Dentist. 2011 May-Jun; 31(3):102-10.
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Remington R, Abdallah L, Melillo KD, Flanagan J. Managing problem behaviors associated with dementia. Rehabil Nurs. 2006 Sep-Oct; 31(5):186-92.
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Salim K, Schneider U, Burstein S, Hoy L, Karst M. Pain measurements and side effect profile of the novel cannabinoid ajulemic acid. Neuropharmacology. 2005 Jun; 48(8):1164-71.
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Deibert E, Kraut M, Kremen S, Hart J. Neural pathways in tactile object recognition. Neurology. 1999 Apr 22; 52(7):1413-7.
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Nusbaum NJ. Aging and sensory senescence. South Med J. 1999 Mar; 92(3):267-75.
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Stromer R, Mackay HA. Conditional stimulus control of childrens' sequence production. Psychol Rep. 1992 Jun; 70(3 Pt 1):903-12.