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|publisher=Appleton and Lange
|year=1990
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Handler & Ginty (2021) described four types of low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMRs) found in glabrous skin — the Merkel cell complex, Meissner corpuscle, Pacinian corpuscle, and Ruffini ending.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Handler
|first=
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|last2=Ginty
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|init2=DD
|author2-link=David D. Ginty
|etal=no
|title=The mechanosensory neurons of touch and their mechanisms of activation
|journal=Nat Rev Neurosci
|date=2021-09
|volume=22
|issue=9
|pages=521-37
|url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8485761/
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|pubmedID=34312536
|pubmedCID=8485761
|DOI=10.1038/s41583-021-00489-x
|accessdate=2026-01-15
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