Discover the main mystery of the sense of touch

Written By ديانا الحموري on 2014/04/09

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabiaweather.com - Scientists have discovered <strong>how the skin senses</strong> a huge number of touches, and it turns out that our ability to sense surface roughness, no matter how slight, is due to the unique properties of Merkel cells located under the skin.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">This discovery, made by a scientific team from Columbia University, headed by Professor Helen Lampkin, is the solution to the mystery that has baffled scientists for a century.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">The researchers used the new optogenetic method, which uses light in this method as a sensor system to stimulate and calm nerve cells. Thanks to this method, scientists were able to determine who is responsible for the human sense of touch, as it turned out that they are Merkel cells located under the skin, whose function was not known until now. now.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">Merkel cells communicate directly with the nerve cells of the skin, which allows us to sense any change in surface roughness, no matter how slight.</span> <span style="line-height:1.6em">This discovery has high applied importance, especially in the treatment of touch disorders such as the loss of the skin&#39;s sense of touch due to diabetes.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">As it is known, the number of Merkel cells begins to decrease, starting from the age of twenty, and this leads to a decrease in the effectiveness of the sense of touch (Russia Today).</span></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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