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The nerves of the ridged band are believed to provide sensory input to the autonomic nervous system, which regulates sexual response.

The late [[John R. Taylor]], MB, Ch.B., MRCPEd, {{FRCPC}}, a British-Canadian pathologist and biomedical researcher who practiced medicine at the [https://www.hsc.mb.ca/ Health Sciences Centre] in Winnipeg, MB, first used the term "ridged band" instead of "wrinkly [[skin]]" and described the ridged band at the ''Second International Symposium on Circumcision'', organized by [[NOCIRC]] in San Francisco, 1991, after examining the foreskins of 22 adults obtained at autopsy. The mean age was 37 years, range 22–58. The prepuces were studied grossly and histologically. His research was later published by the ''British Journal of Urology'' in 1996.<ref name="taylor1996">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref>