ReviewFrontiers in psychology2022
Affective touch in the context of development, oxytocin signaling, and autism.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Reduced Mechanical Tactile Stimulation Under Space Microgravity Affects Synaptic Signaling and Contributes to Neuromuscular Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
- Attachment Theory: Novel Clinical and Molecular Insights.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Touch, temperature, and relief: a multilevel integrative model of hedonic regulation in massage and thermal therapies.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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- Effects of infant touch on growth-related indexes of preterm infants.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Primary sensory neuron dysfunction underlying mechanical itch hypersensitivity in a Shank3 mouse model of autism.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Limited Short-Term Effects of Tactile Stimulation on the Welfare of Newborn Nellore Calves.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Plasma Oxytocin Levels in Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior Disorders and Their Relationship with Disease Severity, Attachment and Emotion Regulation.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2025Article
- Review of sensory systems deployed by epidermal keratinocytes.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Aging-associated sensory decline and Alzheimer's disease.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2024Review
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- Tactile, Auditory, and Visual Stimulation as Sensory Enrichment for Dairy Cattle.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
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Abstract
Touch represents one of our most important senses throughout life and particularly in the context of our social and emotional experiences. In this review, we draw on research on touch processing from both animal models and humans. Firstly, we briefly describe the cutaneous touch receptors and neural processing of both affective and discriminative touch. We then outline how our sense of touch develops and summarize increasing evidence demonstrating how essential early tactile stimulation is for the development of brain and behavior, with a particular focus on effects of tactile stimulation in infant animals and pediatric massage and Kangaroo care in human infants. Next, the potential mechanisms whereby early tactile stimulation influences both brain and behavioral development are discussed, focusing on its ability to promote neural plasticity changes and brain interhemispheric communication, development of social behavior and bonding, and reward sensitivity through modulation of growth factor, oxytocin, and opioid signaling. Finally, we consider the implications of evidence for atypical responses to touch in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder and discuss existing evidence and future priorities for establishing potential beneficial effects of interventions using massage or pharmacological treatments targeting oxytocin or other neurochemical systems.
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