BACKGROUND Loss of proprioceptive function occurs after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture. Clinical, motor, and proprioceptive function is known to improve after ACL reconstruction but does not return to normal. While histological studies of human ACL allografts have been unable to demonstrate mechanoreceptor reinnervation, animal data suggest that reinnervation may occur when an autogra...

In normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats stimulation of renal mechanoreceptors and chemoreceptors by increasing ureteral pressure and retrograde ureteropelvic perfusion with 0.9 M NaCl results in a contralateral inhibitory renorenal reflex response with contralateral diuresis and natriuresis. Since efferent renal nerve activity is increased in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and renal denervat...

Abstract Collaborative robots are expected to physically interact with humans in daily living and the workplace, including industrial healthcare settings. A key related enabling technology is tactile sensing, which currently requires addressing outstanding scientific challenge simultaneously detect contact location intensity by means of soft conformable artificial skins adapting over large area...

Nearly all mammals have a vibrissal system specialized for tactile sensation, composed of whiskers growing from sensor-rich follicles in the skin. When whisker deflects against an object, it deforms within follicle and exerts forces on mechanoreceptors inside. In addition, during active whisking behavior, muscle contractions around increases blood pressure ring sinus will affect deformation pro...