Krause corpuscles are genital vibrotactile sensors for sexual behaviours

Krause corpuscles, which were discovered in the 1850s, are specialized sensory structures found within the genitalia and other mucocutaneous tissues 1 – 4 . The physiological properties and functions of Krause corpuscles have remained unclear since their discovery. Here we report the anatomical and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2024-06, Vol.630 (8018), p.926-934
Hauptverfasser:	Qi, Lijun, Iskols, Michael, Greenberg, Rachel S., Xiao, Jia Yin, Handler, Annie, Liberles, Stephen D., Ginty, David D.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	13/51 631/378/1804 631/378/2620/2621 64/60 Ablation Animals Calcium imaging Clitoris Clitoris - innervation Clitoris - physiology Corpuscles Ejaculation Ejaculation - physiology Electrophysiology Female Females Humanities and Social Sciences Male Mating behavior Mechanical properties Mechanoreceptors Mechanoreceptors - metabolism Mechanoreceptors - physiology Mice Morphology multidisciplinary Neurons Neurons - physiology Optogenetics Penile Erection - physiology Penis Penis - innervation Penis - physiology Physiology Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sensory neurons Sexual behavior Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Sexual dimorphism Sexual receptivity Skin Spinal cord Spinal Cord - cytology Spinal Cord - physiology Touch - physiology Vagina - physiology Vibration Vibrations
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