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This Valentine's Day, explore the neuroscience of pleasurable touch

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Columbia University

This Valentine's Day, explore the neuroscience of pleasurable touch

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Credit: Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute

Journal

Cell

DOI

10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.034

Method of Research

Imaging analysis

Subject of Research

Animals

Article Title

Touch neurons underlying dopaminergic pleasurable touch and sexual receptivity

Article Publication Date

23-Jan-2023

COI Statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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