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Pacinian Corpuscles

Known as: Corpuscles, Pacinian, Lamellated Corpuscle, Vater-Pacini Corpuscle 
Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin. Pacinian corpuscles contain an afferent nerve… 
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1987
1987
Organized mechanoreceptors in mucosae and vermilion borders of rat lower lips were studied by light and electron microscopy… 
1986
1986
These studies were undertaken to characterize the discharge properties of single neurons of the raccoon thalamic ventrobasal… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
A patient is presented who had chronic digital pain as a result of an abnormally located subepineural pacinian corpuscle. The… 
1983
1983
Life history descriptions, drawings and bibliographies relating to 110 different invertebrate species found in Oregon estuaries… 
1975
1975
: Symptoms and incapacitation due to abnormal aggregations of pacinian corpuscles are uncommon. Indeed, only three reports have… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
The effects of denervation upon the Meissner corpuscle were evaluated by sequential fingertip biopsies in 3 rhesus monkeys… 
1971
1971
Despite much histological and histochemical work on the normal digital skin of numerous primates, including man, relatively… 
Review
1956
Review
1956
The diagram of the Vater-Pacinian corpuscle reproduced in many textbooks has given the impression that this body is a simple…