"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 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 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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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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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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Phantom touch: How to unmask sensory unawareness after stroke. Cortex. 2019 12; 121:253-263.
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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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A novel exaggerated "spino-bulbo-spinal like" reflex of lower brainstem origin. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 04; 61:34-38.
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The Development and Evaluation of Countermeasures to Tactile Change Blindness. Hum Factors. 2016 May; 58(3):482-95.
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Tactile feedback plays a critical role in maximum finger force production. J Biomech. 2012 Feb 02; 45(3):415-20.
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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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Cerebral hemispherectomy: sensory scores before and after intensive mobility training. Brain Dev. 2012 Sep; 34(8):625-31.
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Responses to tactile stimulation in deep cerebellar nucleus neurons result from recurrent activation in multiple pathways. J Neurophysiol. 2008 Feb; 99(2):704-17.