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The role of a transmembrane protein, integrin α2β1, to modulate the neural responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to mechanical indentation was examined using an isolated skin–nerve preparation in a rat model. Skin and its intact innervation were harvested from the medial thigh of the hindlimb and placed in a dish containing synthetic interstitial fluid. Using a standard teased nerve preparation,...