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The image shows how tactile sensation is generated by the skin. Hair follicle stem cells (blue), which are important for hair shaft generation, secrete extracellular matrix proteins (green) that guide the connections of the neural network (red) to the skin, helping the skin to sense mechanical stimulation.

Image: Laboratory for Tissue Microenvironment

 

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