To test the idea, the researchers measured the density of sweat pores. Because they knew that touch receptor cells cluster around sweat pores.

为了验证这一想法，研究人员又测量了志愿者指尖的汗毛孔密度，因为他们知道触觉受体细胞总是聚集在汗毛孔周围的。

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He tested his idea in a tiny nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans and, in 1994, published a paper showing how touch-receptor proteins are distributed around this worm.

他于1994年在一种称为秀丽隠杆线虫的小型线虫中试验了这一想法，标示出接触受体是如何在整个虫体中分布的，并据此发表了一篇文章。

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When you touch boiling water, for example,get a cut, or even exercise too much, a special receptor on the neuron is activated, sending a signal to the brain - that hurts!.

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He tested his idea in a tiny nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans and, in 1994, published a paper showing how touch-receptor proteins are distributed around this worm.

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