Discriminative and affective touch converge: Somatosensory cortex represents A-beta input in a CT-like manner
Annett Schirmer, Oscar Lai, Francis P McGlone, Clare Cham, Darwin Lau
The paper shows that tactile pleasure involves both fast A-beta and slow CT signaling in the somatosensory cortex, challenging the traditional divide between discriminative and affective touch.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · Feb 20, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience