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WIRED TO TOUCH



The flutter of an insect’s wings
a warm breeze
raindrops
and a mother’s gentle caress 
all impose mechanical forces upon our skin
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and yet we encounter no difficulty in telling them apart
and react differently to each.

How do we recognize and interpret the myriad of tactile stimuli
to perceive the richness of the physical world? 
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​Our lab utilizes the power of mouse molecular genetics to understand our
​sense of touch, from pain to pleasure and everything in between.

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THE NEURONS AND CIRCUITS OF THE SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM

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Abraira Lab is a collaborative neuroscientific endeavor to understand the somatosensory framework of touch. Our lab operates within the W.M. Keck Center of Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. We are open to interested post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate researchers willing to explore the body's largest perceptive sense.
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