...Blair A. Jenkins; Ellen A. Lumpkin The sensation of touch is mediated by mechanosensory neurons that are embedded in skin and relay signals from the periphery to the central nervous system. During embryogenesis, axons elongate from these neurons to make contact with the developing skin...

... Transcription factor networks Vertebrate neural tube Nociception Pain Thermosensation Pruriception Itch Mechanosensation Cutaneous Touch Proprioception National Institutes of Health 10.13039/100000002 R01 HD037932 R01 NS032817 Rita Allen Foundation 10.13039/100001447...

... further processed using Adobe Photoshop. In wholemount preparations of back skin ( n =2-5 mice/time point), K8+ cells within ( n =10-25 touch domes/mouse) and outside of (1 cm 2 area of skin/mouse) touch domes were counted except for the 4 day time point, for which the high density of ectopic K8...