Sex organs sense vibrations through specialized touch neurons
A little-studied sensory structure called the Krause corpuscle is responsible for detecting light touch and is essential for normal sexual behaviour in mice. The findings have interesting implications for human sexual intimacy. Krause corpuscles in genitalia detect light touch.
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Nature (London) 2024-06, Vol.630 (8018), p.822-823 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | A little-studied sensory structure called the Krause corpuscle is responsible for detecting light touch and is essential for normal sexual behaviour in mice. The findings have interesting implications for human sexual intimacy.
Krause corpuscles in genitalia detect light touch. |
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| ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 1476-4687 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/d41586-024-01645-w |