"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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Touch" by people in Profiles.
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Pyasik M, Ronga I, Burin D, Salatino A, Sarasso P, Garbarini F, Ricci R, Pia L. I'm a believer: Illusory self-generated touch elicits sensory attenuation and somatosensory evoked potentials similar to the real self-touch. Neuroimage. 2021 04 01; 229:117727.
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Vaizer R, Aslam S, Pearson WG, Rockich-Winston N. What does it mean to be a physician? Exploring social imaginaries of first-year medical students. Int J Med Educ. 2020 Mar 27; 11:76-80.
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Pyasik M, Salatino A, Burin D, Berti A, Ricci R, Pia L. Shared neurocognitive mechanisms of attenuating self-touch and illusory self-touch. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2019 02 13; 14(2):119-127.
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Merchant SH, Vial F, Leodori G, Fahn S, Pullman SL, Hallett M. A novel exaggerated "spino-bulbo-spinal like" reflex of lower brainstem origin. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 04; 61:34-38.
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Riggs SL, Sarter N. The Development and Evaluation of Countermeasures to Tactile Change Blindness. Hum Factors. 2016 May; 58(3):482-95.
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Shim JK, Karol S, Kim YS, Seo NJ, Kim YH, Kim Y, Yoon BC. Tactile feedback plays a critical role in maximum finger force production. J Biomech. 2012 Feb 02; 45(3):415-20.
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Bagheri SC, Meyer RA, Cho SH, Thoppay J, Khan HA, Steed MB. Microsurgical repair of the inferior alveolar nerve: success rate and factors that adversely affect outcome. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Aug; 70(8):1978-90.
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de Bode S, Fritz S, Mathern GW. Cerebral hemispherectomy: sensory scores before and after intensive mobility training. Brain Dev. 2012 Sep; 34(8):625-31.
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Thompson JL, Gerard PD, Drake MA. Chocolate milk and the Hispanic consumer. J Food Sci. 2007 Nov; 72(9):S666-75.
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Brady KT, Waldrop AE, McRae AL, Back SE, Saladin ME, Upadhyaya HP, Anton RF, Randall PK. The impact of alcohol dependence and posttraumatic stress disorder on cold pressor task response. J Stud Alcohol. 2006 Sep; 67(5):700-6.