April 6, 2014

Columbia Scientists Identify Key Cells in Touch Sensation



Skin cells use new molecule to send touch information to the brain

In a study published online today in the journal Nature, a team of Columbia University Medical Center researchers led by Ellen Lumpkin, PhD, associate professor of somatosensory biology, solve an age-old mystery of touch: how cells just beneath the skin surface enable us to feel fine details and textures.