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Mechanoreceptors
Known as:
Mechanoreceptor
, Mechanoreceptor Cells
, Cell, Mechanoreceptor
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Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptor cells include the INNER…
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Broader (2)
Afferent neuron
Sensory Receptor Cells
Epithelium
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
Membranous labyrinth structure
Microbiological
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Narrower (11)
Krause's End Bulbs
Meissner's Corpuscle
Merkel Cells
Midclavicular line
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Sensory-motor function of human periodontal mechanoreceptors.
M. Trulsson
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
2006
Corpus ID: 39924903
Natural teeth are equipped with periodontal mechanoreceptors that signal information about tooth loads. In the present review…
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Signal transduction pathways involved in mechanotransduction in bone cells.
A. Liedert
,
D. Kaspar
,
R. Blakytny
,
L. Claes
,
A. Ignatius
Biochemical and Biophysical Research…
2006
Corpus ID: 2421378
Review
2002
Review
2002
Revisiting cell fate specification in the inner ear
D. Fekete
,
Doris K. Wu
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
2002
Corpus ID: 961063
Review
1996
Review
1996
Mechanisms of touch-evoked pain (allodynia): a new model
F. Cerveró
,
J. Laird
Pain
1996
Corpus ID: 21785205
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Quantitative analysis of static strain sensitivity in human mechanoreceptors from hairy skin.
B. Edin
Journal of Neurophysiology
1992
Corpus ID: 11869408
1. Microelectrode recordings from 15 slowly adapting (SA) cutaneous mechanoreceptor afferents originating in hairy skin were…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Mechanosensitive and Olfactory Sensilla of Insects
T. Keil
,
R. Steinbrecht
1984
Corpus ID: 82441974
Insects are the most successful land dwellers among the invertebrates. They owe this achievement largely to their cuticle, which…
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Review
1982
Review
1982
Primary afferent units from the hairy skin of the rat hind limb
B. Lynn
,
S. Carpenter
Brain Research
1982
Corpus ID: 35176409
Review
1975
Review
1975
Structure of cuticular mechanoreceptors of arthropods.
S. Mciver
Annual Review of Entomology
1975
Corpus ID: 43483211
Mechanoreception is the perception of mechanical distortion of the body caused by the external stimuli of touch and airor water…
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Spinal neurons specifically excited by noxious or thermal stimuli: marginal zone of the dorsal horn.
B. Christensen
,
E. Perl
Journal of Neurophysiology
1970
Corpus ID: 6421096
HIGH-THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTORS and their centrally projecting myelinated fibers make up a functionally distinct group of…
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Monosynaptic chemical and electrical connexions between sensory and motor cells in the central nervous system of the leech
J. Nicholls
,
D. Purves
Journal of Physiology
1970
Corpus ID: 41574987
The synaptic connexions that underlie three different segmental shortening reflexes have been traced by recording intracellularly…
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