Monday, December 10, 2012
Secrets of gentle touch revealed
Secrets of gentle touch revealed: Stroke the soft body of a newborn fruit fly larva ever-so-gently with a freshly plucked eyelash, and it will respond to the tickle by altering its movement —- an observation that has helped scientists uncover the molecular basis of gentle touch, one of the most fundamental but least well understood of our senses.
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