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WormBook: The Online Review of C. elegans Biology [Internet]. Pasadena (CA): WormBook; 2005-2018.

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Figure 1. Using an eyebrow hair to test gentle touch sensitivity.

Figure 1Using an eyebrow hair to test gentle touch sensitivity

(A) Positioning (top panel) and gluing (bottom panel) the eyebrow hair to the tooth pick. The thickened black line indicates the shaft of the hair; the gray area indicates the location of the glue. (B) Animals should be touched by stroking the hair across the body at the positions of the arrows. The six touch receptor neurons are indicated.

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