Columbia Scientists Identify Key Cells in Touch Sensation (VIDEO)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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This video shows a Merkel cell responding to touch.

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Lab of Ellen Lumpkin, Ph.D./ Columbia University Medical Center

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