ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2022
Tactile sensation in birds: Physiological insights from avian mechanoreceptors.
Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peripheral mechanisms of tactile sensation in fish.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2026Review
- Exploratory Immunohistochemical Mapping of Mechanosensitivity-Associated Ion Channel Proteins in Terminal Glial Cells of Human Meissner and Pacinian Corpuscles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Prenatal acoustic communication triggers adaptive vascular programming in the developing avian brain.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Velocity sensitivity of mechanotransduction in the afferent terminal underlies vibration detection in the Pacinian corpuscle.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Comparative Anatomy Supports the Evolution of Nocturnality in the Extinct Hawaiian Ibis Apteribis.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Article
- Functional evidence for early origin of tactile acuity in the vertebrate somatosensory system.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
- Lamellar Schwann cells in the Pacinian corpuscle potentiate vibration perception.Science advances · 2025Article
- The inner core enables transient touch detection in the Pacinian corpuscle.Science advances · 2025Article
- Morphological disparity and structural performance of the dromaeosaurid skull informs ecology and evolutionary history.BMC ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- A helping hand: roles for accessory cells in the sense of touch across species.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Review
- 3D architecture and a bicellular mechanism of touch detection in mechanosensory corpuscle.Science advances · 2023Article
- Article
- Editorial: Accessory Cells of Sensory Systems and Their Functional Roles.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
The sense of touch is ubiquitous in vertebrates and relies upon the detection of mechanical forces in the skin by the tactile end-organs of low-threshold mechanoreceptors. Significant progress has been made in understanding the mechanism of tactile end-organ function using mammalian models, but the detailed mechanics of touch sensation in Meissner and Pacinian corpuscles, the principal detectors of transient touch and vibration, remain obscure. The avian homologs of these corpuscles present an opportunity for functional study of mechanosensation in these structures, due to their relative accessibility and high abundance in the bill skin of tactile-foraging waterfowl. Here, we review the current knowledge of mechanosensory end-organs in birds and highlight the utility of the avian model to understand general principles of touch detection in the glabrous skin of vertebrates.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.