Sarah McIntyre

Associate Professor

Research

The McIntyre Lab

Holding a mug, feeling the ground as you walk, petting your furry friend, or hugging your child, all of these touch sensations start with deformation of the skin that the nervous system must process to serve physiological, emotional and social goals.

Publications

2027

Lendy Mulot, Basil Duvernoy, William Frier, Saito Sakaguchi, Anders Fridberger, Håkan Olausson, Claudio Pacchierotti, Maud Marchal, Sarah Mcintyre (2027)

Methods for Measuring Sub-surface Skin Displacement During Ultrasound Mid-air Haptic Stimulation HAPTICS: UNDERSTANDING TOUCH; TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS; APPLICATIONS AND INTERACTION, EUROHAPTICS 2026, PT II, p. 221-232 (Conference paper)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-32350-7_17

2026

Johan Nikesjö, Saad Nagi, Ewa Jarocka, Kevin K. W. Ng, Maja Fältskytt, Andrew Marshall, Sarah Mcintyre, Gregory J. Gerling, Håkan Olausson (2026)

Marked C-tactile afferent suppression by a plastic film does not proportionately diminish pleasantness of gentle brushing Journal of Physiology (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP290237

Otmane Bouchatta, Oumie Thorell, Andrew G. Marshall, Merat Rezaei, Ahmed Barakat, Sarah Mcintyre, Gregory J. Gerling, David A. Mahns, Håkan Olausson, Saad Nagi (2026)

Coding of mechanical pain by myelinated and unmyelinated nociceptors in human hairy skin Pain Reports, Vol. 11, Article e1398 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001398

2025

Warren Moore, Johan Nikesjö, Otmane Bouchatta, Adarsh D. Makdani, Pierre Hakizimana, Mikael Rousson, Basil Duvernoy, Sarah Mcintyre, Laura Johanna Pehkonen, Anders Fridberger, Francis McGlone, Håkan Olausson, Saad Nagi, Andrew Marshall (2025)

Robust coupling between the C-tactile afferent and the hair follicle in humans Journal of Physiology, Vol. 603, p. 4593-4608 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP287706

Irene Perini, Hanna Karlsson, Sarah Mcintyre, Markus Heilig (2025)

Neural correlates of choosing alcohol over a palatable food reward in humans ALCOHOL-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, Vol. 49, p. 551-563 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.15532

Organisation

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Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) integrates knowledge and methodology from different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

News

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Researchers Gathered in Linköping to Explore Artificial Touch for Chronic Pain

Can artificial touch help relieve chronic pain? That is the question being explored by researchers in the Touch Away The Pain (TATP) project, whose third consortium meeting was recently held at Linköping University.

Pain relief through artificial touch in new research project

Can a garment made from smart textiles relieve long-term pain? This is what researchers in neuroscience, materials science, pain research, textile science and biomechanics are seeking to find out in a new interdisciplinary research project.

How the nervous system distinguishes social touch

Two types of neurons in the skin may be particularly important for how the brain interprets social contact between people. Knowledge of how the nervous system processes social touch is important in order to develop ways to restore sensation.