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C-tactile afferent stimulating touch carries a positive affective value by Pawling, Ralph, Cannon, Peter R, McGlone, Francis P, Walker, Susannah C

“…The rewarding sensation of touch in affiliative interactions is hypothesized to be underpinned by a specialized system of nerve fibers called C-Tactile…”
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C-tactile afferents: Cutaneous mediators of oxytocin release during affiliative tactile interactions? by Walker, Susannah C., Trotter, Paula D., Swaney, William T., Marshall, Andrew, Mcglone, Francis P.

“…Low intensity, non-noxious, stimulation of cutaneous somatosensory nerves has been shown to trigger oxytocin release and is associated with increased social…”
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C‐low threshold mechanoafferent targeted dynamic touch modulates stress resilience in rats exposed to chronic mild stress by Walker, Susannah C., Cavieres, Antonia, Peñaloza‐Sancho, Valentín, El‐Deredy, Wael, McGlone, Francis P., Dagnino‐Subiabre, Alexies

“…Affiliative tactile interactions buffer social mammals against neurobiological and behavioral effects of stress. The aim of this study was to investigate the…”
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To touch or to be touched? comparing appraisal of vicarious execution and reception of interpersonal touch by Butti, Niccolò, Urgesi, Cosimo, McGlone, Francis P, Oldrati, Viola, Montirosso, Rosario, Cazzato, Valentina

“…Unmyelinated C-Tactile (CT) fibres are activated by caress-like touch, eliciting a pleasant feeling that decreases for static and faster stroking. Previous…”
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Spinal signalling of C-fiber mediated pleasant touch in humans by Marshall, Andrew G, Sharma, Manohar L, Marley, Kate, Olausson, Hakan, McGlone, Francis P

“…C-tactile afferents form a distinct channel that encodes pleasant tactile stimulation. Prevailing views indicate they project, as with other unmyelinated…”
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From Skin Mechanics to Tactile Neural Coding: Predicting Afferent Neural Dynamics During Active Touch and Perception by Wei, Yuyang, McGlone, Francis P, Marshall, Andrew G, Makdani, Adarsh, Zou, Zhenmin, Ren, Lei, Wei, Guowu

“…First order cutaneous neurons allow object recognition, texture discrimination, and sensorimotor feedback. Their function is well-investigated under passive…”
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Dynamic touch reduces physiological arousal in preterm infants: A role for c-tactile afferents? by Manzotti, Andrea, Cerritelli, Francesco, Esteves, Jorge E., Lista, Gianluca, Lombardi, Erica, La Rocca, Simona, Gallace, Alberto, McGlone, Francis P., Walker, Susannah C.

“…•Gentle, dynamic touch plays a central role in many perinatal care strategies.•C-tactile afferents, unmyelinated mechanoreceptors, respond optimally to low…”
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A positive touch: C-tactile afferent targeted skin stimulation carries an appetitive motivational value by Pawling, Ralph, Trotter, Paula D., McGlone, Francis P., Walker, Susannah C.

“…•C-tactile afferents (CTs) are unmyelinated low threshold mechanosensitive C-fibres found in the hairy skin of mammals.•They are hypothesised to signal the…”
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Human tactile sensing and sensorimotor mechanism: from afferent tactile signals to efferent motor control by Wei, Yuyang, Marshall, Andrew G., McGlone, Francis P., Makdani, Adarsh, Zhu, Yiming, Yan, Lingyun, Ren, Lei, Wei, Guowu

“…In tactile sensing, decoding the journey from afferent tactile signals to efferent motor commands is a significant challenge primarily due to the difficulty in…”
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Hold me or stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch by Ali, S Hasan, Makdani, Adarsh D, Cordero, Maria I, Paltoglou, Aspasia E, Marshall, Andrew G, McFarquhar, Martyn J, McGlone, Francis P, Walker, Susannah C, Trotter, Paula D

“…Low-threshold mechanosensory C-fibres, C-tactile afferents (CTs), respond optimally to sensations associated with a human caress. Additionally, CT-stimulation…”
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Childhood Adversity and Affective Touch Perception: A Comparison of United Kingdom Care Leavers and Non-care Leavers by Devine, Shaunna L., Walker, Susannah C., Makdani, Adarsh, Stockton, Elizabeth R., McFarquhar, Martyn J., McGlone, Francis P., Trotter, Paula D.

“…In the United Kingdom, the most common reasons for a child to come under the care of social services are neglect and abuse. Such early childhood adversity is a…”
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A psychophysical and neuroimaging analysis of genital hedonic sensation in men by Ruesink, Gerben B., McGlone, Francis P., Olausson, Håkan, de Jong, Camilla, Marsman, Jan-Bernard, Renken, Remco J., Georgiadis, Janniko R.

“…Current understanding of human genital-brain interactions relates primarily to neuroendocrine and autonomic control, whereas interactions during sexual…”
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Vicarious ratings of social touch the effect of age and autistic traits by Haggarty, Connor J., Moore, David J., Trotter, Paula D., Hagan, Rachel, McGlone, Francis P., Walker, Susannah C.

“…Tactile sensitivities are common in Autism Spectrum Conditions (autism). Psychophysically, slow, gentle stroking touch is typically rated as more pleasant than…”
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The social brain has a nerve: insights from attachment and autistic phenotypes by Jackson, Emily E, McGlone, Francis P, Haggarty, Connor J

“…•Social withdrawal is a feature of both avoidant attachment and ASC.•Affective touch processing is altered in autistic and avoidant phenotypes.•Early…”
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Affective Touch: The Enigmatic Spinal Pathway of the C-Tactile Afferent by Marshall, Andrew G, McGlone, Francis P

“…C-tactile afferents are hypothesized to form a distinct peripheral channel that encodes the affective nature of touch. Prevailing views indicate they project,…”
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The skin‐brain connection and pleasant touch as supportive care for psychocutaneous disorders by Ferreira, Bárbara Roque, Aguirre, Claudia C., Rapoport‐Hubschman, Nathalie, Adewuya, Abiodun O., Canchy, Ludivine, Morizet, David, Vincenzi, Francesca, McGlone, Francis P.

“…Psychodermatology is a subdiscipline of dermatology at the intersection of dermatology, psychiatry, and psychology. In dermatology clinical practice, patients…”
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The effect of passive heating and head cooling on perception, cardiovascular function and cognitive performance in the heat by Simmons, Shona E., Saxby, Brian K., McGlone, Francis P., Jones, David A.

“…The present study examined the effects of raising both skin temperature and core temperature, separately and in combination, on perceptions of heat-related…”
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Neurophysiological evidence of motor contribution to vicarious affective touch by Butti, Niccolò, Urgesi, Cosimo, Makris, Stergios, McGlone, Francis P, Montirosso, Rosario, Cazzato, Valentina

“…Abstract Understanding observed interpersonal touch, particularly the so-called affective touch targeting the CT fibers, is essential for social interactions…”
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A functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging investigation of cortical activation from moving vibrotactile stimuli on the fingertip by SUMMERS, Ian R, FRANCIS, Susan T, BOWTELL, Richard W, MCGLONE, Francis P, CLEMENCE, Matthew

“…Using a 100-element tactile stimulator on the fingertip during functional-magnetic-resonance imaging, brain areas were identified that were selectively…”
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Autistic traits modulate cortical responses to affective but not discriminative touch by Haggarty, Connor J., Malinowski, Peter, McGlone, Francis P., Walker, Susannah C.

“…The sense of touch is primarily considered a discriminative and exteroceptive sense, facilitating the detection, manipulation and exploration of objects, via…”
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