"Touch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.
Descriptor ID |
D014110
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MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.816.850 G11.561.790.850
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Concept/Terms |
Touch- Touch
- Sense of Touch
- Touch Sense
- Touch Senses
- Taction
- Tactions
- Tactile Sense
- Sense, Tactile
- Senses, Tactile
- Tactile Senses
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Touch" by people in Profiles.
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Weeks HM, Therrien AS, Bastian AJ. The cerebellum contributes to proprioception during motion. J Neurophysiol. 2017 08 01; 118(2):693-702.
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Fioravanti B, Kasasbeh A, Edelmayer R, Skinner DP, Hartings JA, Burklund RD, De Felice M, French ED, Dussor GO, Dodick DW, Porreca F, Vanderah TW. Evaluation of cutaneous allodynia following induction of cortical spreading depression in freely moving rats. Cephalalgia. 2011 Jul; 31(10):1090-100.
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Hu R, Barner KE, Steiner KV. A generalized haptic feedback approach for arbitrarily shaped objects. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011; 163:224-30.
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Maxwell CR, Spangenberg RJ, Hoek JB, Silberstein SD, Oshinsky ML. Acetate causes alcohol hangover headache in rats. PLoS One. 2010; 5(12):e15963.
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Madden T, Rosen N, Young W. Exploring home allodynia testing for future clinical and scientific uses. Headache. 2009 Jan; 49(1):132-4.
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Oshinsky ML, Gomonchareonsiri S. Episodic dural stimulation in awake rats: a model for recurrent headache. Headache. 2007 Jul-Aug; 47(7):1026-36.
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Krufka SE, Barner KE, Aysal TC. Visual to tactile conversion of vector graphics. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2007 Jun; 15(2):310-21.
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Thiagarajan P, Chen P, Steiner K, Gao G, Barner K. Segmenting deformable surface models using haptic feedback. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2005; 111:560-3.
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Nayak A, Barner KE. Optimal halftoning for tactile imaging. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2004 Jun; 12(2):216-27.
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Krishnamoorthy V, Latash ML, Scholz JP, Zatsiorsky VM. Muscle modes during shifts of the center of pressure by standing persons: effect of instability and additional support. Exp Brain Res. 2004 Jul; 157(1):18-31.