Krause corpuscles are genital vibrotactile sensors for sexual behaviours.
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Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Jun 2024
19 Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
21
06
2023
accepted:
07
05
2024
medline:
20
6
2024
pubmed:
20
6
2024
entrez:
19
6
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Krause corpuscles, which were discovered in the 1850s, are specialized sensory structures found within the genitalia and other mucocutaneous tissues
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pubmed: 38898273
doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07528-4
pii: 10.1038/s41586-024-07528-4
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eng
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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