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      Glans clitoris innervation: PIEZO2 and sexual mechanosensitivity (2020) 

      García-Mesa, Yolanda; Cárcaba, Lucía; Coronado, César A.; Cobo, Ramón; Martín-Cruces, José; García-Piqueras, Jorge; Feito, Jorge; García-Suárez, Olivia; Vega, Jose Antonio (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020-09-29)
      The clitoris is a leading player in female sexual arousal, if not the main protagonist. Despite this role, studies performed on this structure with specific neuroanatomical techniques are few. This study focuses on glans ...
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      Human digital merkel cells display pannexin1 immunoreactivity (2021) 

      Cárcaba, Lucía; García-Piqueras, Jorge; García-Mesa, Yolanda; Cobo, Ramón; García-Suárez, Olivia; Feito, Jorge; Vega, Jose Antonio (Elsevier GmbH, 2022-01)
      Pannexins are channel proteins displaying functional similarities to gap junctions in vertebrates and are regarded as transmembrane ATP-releasing channels. A member of this family, denominate pannexin1, has been detected ...
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      Verification and characterisation of human digital Ruffini’s sensory corpuscles (2020) 

      Cobo, Ramón; García‐Mesa, Yolanda; Cárcaba, Lucía; Martin‐Cruces, José; Feito, Jorge; García‐Suárez, Olivia; Cobo, Juan; García‐Piqueras, Jorge; Vega, José A. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020-08-31)
      Ruffini's corpuscles are present as long fusiform encapsulated sensory structures in different tissues including the skin. Although physiological analyses strongly suggest their existence in glabrous digital skin, such ...