Understanding how skin microstructure affects slowly adapting type I (SA-I) mechanoreceptors in encoding edge discontinuities is fundamental to understanding our sense of touch. Skin microstructure, in particular papillary ridges, has been thought to contribute to edge and gap sensation. Cauna's 1954 model of touch sensibility describes a functional relationship between papillary ridges and edg...

1. A primary mechanosensory neurone, the anterior gastric receptor (AGR) associated with gastric mill muscle in the lobster foregut was examined in vitro with extraand intra-cellular recording techniques to understand processes of dendritic integration and dendro-axonal communication. 2. AGR has a 'T'-shaped geometry; its two long (> 3 mm) primary dendrites project distally to spatially separat...

Vibrotactile stimulation system that generates haptic illusion by employing a RA mechanoreceptor model is developed. The developed stimulator consists of an array of 6 by 4 tiny ultrasonic linear motors [1, 2] with nominal pitch of 2.9mm. Distal pad of human finger with RA mechanoreceptors is modeled using Bensmaia’s RA model [3]. In addition, stimulation characteristics of the motor are calibr...

Abstract Objectives The aim of this literature review was to establish consensus with respect the anatomic features articular branches innervating hip joint and distribution sensory receptors within its capsule. Methods Five electronic databases were queried, search encompassing articles published between January 1945 June 2019. Twenty-one original providing a detailed description around capsul...

One of the key challenges in developing gel-based electronics is to achieve a robust sensing performance, by overcoming intrinsic weaknesses such as unwanted swelling induced deformation, signal distortion caused dehydration, and large hysteresis signal. In this work, structural gel composite (SGC) approach presented encapsulating conductive hydrogel/MXene with lipid (Lipogel) layer through an ...

Bone tissue has the capacity to adapt to its functional environment such that its morphology is "optimized" for the mechanical demand. The adaptive nature of the skeleton poses an interesting set of biological questions (e.g., how does bone sense mechanical signals, what cells are the sensing system, what are the mechanical signals that drive the system, what receptors are responsible for trans...

We reported previously that tempol attenuated the exercise pressor and muscle mechanoreceptor reflexes in rats whose femoral arteries were ligated, whereas tempol did not attenuate these reflexes in rats whose femoral arteries were freely perfused. Although the mechanism whereby tempol attenuated these reflexes in rats whose femoral artery was ligated was independent of its ability to scavenge ...

In normotensive rats, stimulation of renal mechanoreceptors by an increase in ureteral pressure results in a contralateral inhibitory renorenal reflex response with contralateral natriuresis. Similar effects are produced by stimulation of renal chemoreceptors by renal pelvic perfusion with 0.9 M NaCl. However, in spontaneously hypertensive rats the renorenal reflex responses to renal mechanorec...