Inset, precision of time of touch decoding as a function of population size and time from touch.
As for sensory symptoms, mercury poisoning is associated with extreme sensitivity to touch, a function of peripheral nerve damage.
Using haptic feedback on virtual 3-D surfaces, we tested the function of touch in such cases.
(e-f) Touch adaptation in function of touch number.
In agreement with the reported link between tubulin acetylation and the function of touch receptor neurons in C. elegans, pnk-1 mutant worms showed a decreased touch response, which was also rescued by pantethine feeding (Fig 3B).
The Adam feels a touch larger inside, a function of both its longer sunroof and, er, the fact it's a touch larger.
(C ) Proportion of spikes in touch window as a function of time in trial.
To compare intensity changes due to whisker touch, snout touch, and USVs, power spectral densities (PSD, as a function of time and frequency) were computed around these triggers.
Touch sensation threshold was measured as a function of column size/buckling force using 2 monofilaments (sizes 4.17 and 5.07).
The very different functions of touch and proprioception cannot therefore be mapped in a one-to-one way to the different receptor classes (cutaneous vs deep).
