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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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2000
2000
Judging the Orientation of Sinusoidal and Square-Wave Virtual Gratings Presented via 2-DOF and 3-DOF Haptic Interfaces 1
J. Weisenberger
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M. Krier
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Martha A. Rinker
,
W. Afb
2000
Corpus ID: 16265410
The ability of observers to resolve the orientation of virtual gratings presented on two different haptic interfaces was…
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1986
1986
Group III and IV receptors of skeletal muscle.
V. C. Abrahams
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
1986
Corpus ID: 28688194
The single largest group of sensory fibres leaving skeletal muscles are small myelinated or unmyelinated (groups III and IV…
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1984
1984
Ruffini mechanoreceptors in isolated joint capsule: responses correlated with strain energy density.
P. Grigg
,
A. Hoffman
Somatosensory Research
1984
Corpus ID: 31137478
Mechanoreceptive afferents innervating the posterior capsule of the cat knee joint were recorded in a preparation of isolated…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Absence of somatotopic projection of muscle afferents onto motoneurons of same muscle.
B. McKeon
,
S. Gandevia
,
D. Burke
Journal of Neurophysiology
1984
Corpus ID: 20783574
During weak voluntary contractions, muscle afferents from a restricted region of the tibialis anterior of humans were activated…
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1982
1982
The Gerridae or water striders of Oregon and Washington (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
G. Stonedahl
,
J. Lattin
1982
Corpus ID: 82621122
Published April 1982. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Actions of sodium and potassium ions on baroreceptors of normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats.
W. R. Saum
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S. Ayachi
,
A. M. Brown
Circulation Research
1977
Corpus ID: 2163838
SUMMARY Although mechanoreceptors are known to be sensitive to extracellular Na + and K + concentrations (INa + ] 0 and [K 4 1…
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Influence of chloralose anesthesia on cardiovascular function in trained dogs.
R. Cox
American Journal of Physiology
1972
Corpus ID: 26357486
Cox, ROBERT I-3. InfIuence of chloralose anesthesia on cardiovascular function in trained dogs. Am. J. Physiol. 223(3): 660-667…
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1972
1972
The effect of efferent discharges in renal nerves on the activity of arterial mechanoreceptors in the kidney in rabbit
A. Niijima
Journal of Physiology
1972
Corpus ID: 39316459
1. The effect of sympathetic efferent flow in renal nerves on afferent discharges from renal arterial mechanoreceptors was…
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Two classes of slowly adapting mechanoreceptor fibres in reptile cutaneous nerve
B. Kenton
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L. Kruger
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M. Woo
Journal of Physiology
1971
Corpus ID: 10473600
1. The myelinated fibre spectrum of the plantar nerve of reptile consists of a unimodal distribution corresponding approximately…
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1970
1970
Untersuchungen am Postantennalorgan der Collembolen (Apterygota)
H. Altner
,
K. Ernst
,
George Karuhize
Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische…
1970
Corpus ID: 44359531
Summary1.The postantennal sensillum (postantennal organ, postantennal peg) in Sminthurus fuscus consists of one bipolar receptor…
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