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I have tried to tidy up this page, removing inconsistencies and repetitions. Still needs more. I suggest that the Receptive field section at the end should be moved to the somatosensory section of the Receptive Field article. DeCaux 22:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good: go for it! Peace, delldot | talk 01:26, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article claims 'merkel cells also have two point discrimination.' Surely all mechanoreceptors have this, just with differing limen magnitudes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.207.172 (talk) 22:50, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New journal reference

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Chang, Weipang; Kanda, Hirosato; Ikeda, Ryo; Ling, Jennifer; DeBerry, Jennifer J.; Gu, Jianguo G. (October 12, 2016). "Merkel disc is a serotonergic synapse in the epidermis for transmitting tactile signals in mammals". Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. 113: 37. doi:10.1073/pnas.1610176113.

Are Merkel cells encapsulated?

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The opening sentence of the Electrophysiology section says that Merkel cells are not encapsulated. I have seen conflicting information online about whether Merkel cells are encapsulated or not:

As of this writing (March 11, 2024), the OpenStax open Biology textbook, 2e even disagrees with itself, with the text saying they are, "Merkel’s ... are slow-adapting, encapsulated nerve endings", but the Figure 36.5 caption saying they are not, "Merkel’s disks, which are unencapsulated". (I made an OpenStax errata submission pointing out the discrepancy.)

I do not have the expertise to decide if the current Wikipedia content is incorrect. I just wanted to point out the possibility.

New editor, feedback welcome, but note that I am a layperson without access to the primary sources, which is why I used NIH and ScienceDirect links. Thank you.

Dean.E.Peterson (talk) 17:18, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]