• Mechanoreceptors are well-documented in animals and are integrated into the nervous system as sensory neurons. (wikipedia.org)
  • These mechanoreceptors are innervated by the first-order neurons of the tactile pathway. (nature.com)
  • VGLUT3-transient neurons are large- or medium-diameter myelinated mechanoreceptors that form the Merkel cell-neurite complex. (jneurosci.org)
  • Innocuous mechanical stimuli acting on the skin are detected by sensory neurons, known as low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMRs). (iasp-pain.org)
  • Jugular neurons exhibit fundamental similarities to the somatosensory spinal neurons, including major types, such as C-low threshold mechanoreceptors (C-LTMRs), A-LTMRs, Aδ-nociceptors, and cold-, and mechano-heat C-nociceptors. (nih.gov)
  • The rate-coding scenario proposes that the stimulus intensity is encoded in the firing rate of the afferent neurons, likely involving SA mechanoreceptors. (frontiersin.org)
  • This targets the mechanoreceptor neurons. (igem.org)
  • Mechanoreceptors are one of the neural receptors in a somatosensory system . (biologyonline.com)
  • Three major categories of somatosensory receptors can be identified: mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors and *Institute of Neurotoxicology, Departments of Neuroscience, Neurology and Pathology (Neuropathology), Rose F. Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461. (cdc.gov)
  • A mechanoreceptor is a sensory organ or cell that responds to mechanical stimulation such as touch, pressure, vibration, and sound from both the internal and external environment. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is a growing body of knowledge about how mechanoreceptors in plant cells receive information about a mechanical stimulation, but there are many gaps in the current understanding. (wikipedia.org)
  • Food ingestion precipitates or exacerbates symptoms, such as abdominal pain and bloating in patients with IBS through different hypothesised mechanisms including immune and mast cell activation, mechanoreceptor stimulation and chemosensory activation. (medscape.com)
  • Not only can mechanoreceptors be present within the plasma membrane of cells, but they can also exist as whole cells whose primary purpose is to detect mechanical stimuli. (wikipedia.org)
  • Definition noun, plural: mechanoreceptors A sensory receptor chiefly in the skin or in the body surface of an organism used for the sense of touch and detection of external stimuli such as mechanical pressure or distortion. (biologyonline.com)
  • Mechanoreceptors sensitive to rapid transients are exemplified by the Pacinian corpus- cles. (cdc.gov)
  • Our results reveal a vast diversity of vagal neuron types, including many previously unanticipated types, as well as proposed types that are consistent with chemoreceptors, nutrient detectors, baroreceptors, and stretch and volume mechanoreceptors of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular systems. (nih.gov)
  • From the blind fly to human diseases: the history of the discovery and study of thermo- and mechanoreceptors (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021) / Shuba, Ya. (nbuv.gov.ua)
  • Stretch-sensitive mechanoreceptors sense changes in cardiac volume and tension and may be responsible for transmitting pericardial pain. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Mechanoreceptors detect mechanical stimulus originating from within the plant (intrinsic) and from the surrounding environment (extrinsic). (wikipedia.org)
  • Besides its mechanical function in maintaining knee stability, the ACL contains mechanoreceptors (2.5%) and therefore directly influences the neuromuscular control of the knee. (bmj.com)
  • A photograph of the skin with flexible artificial mechanoreceptor inserts. (livescience.com)
  • Mechanoreceptors are sensitive to nondamaging mechanical disturbances of skin or hair. (cdc.gov)
  • Once the plant perceives a mechanical stimulus via mechanoreceptor cells or mechanoreceptor proteins within the plasma membrane of a cell, the resulting ion flux is integrated through signaling pathways resulting in a response. (wikipedia.org)
  • It can occur in both cells specialized for sensing mechanical cues such as MECHANORECEPTORS, and in parenchymal cells whose primary function is not mechanosensory. (bvsalud.org)
  • While plants do not have nerves or a nervous system like animals, they also contain mechanoreceptors that perform a similar function. (wikipedia.org)
  • Given these physiological observations, the bio-inspired afferents are randomly connected to the several neighboring mechanoreceptors with different weights to form their own receptive field. (nature.com)
  • VGLUT3-expressing unmyelinated low-threshold mechanoreceptors (C-LTMRs) are proposed to mediate pleasant touch and/or pain, but the molecular programs controlling C-LTMR development are unknown. (jneurosci.org)
  • Therefore there are two scenes: one describing the response in case of the slow muscle movement and the other explains what happens in case of the fast extension or flexion of the muscle.Golgi tendon organ - a mechanoreceptor in the muscle tendonIn our project we first show in a 3D muscle model, where the muscle spindle and the Golgi tendon organ are located. (cnet.com)
  • A mechanoreceptor is a sensory organ or cell that responds to mechanical stimulation such as touch, pressure, vibration, and sound from both the internal and external environment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mechanoreceptors are well-documented in animals and are integrated into the nervous system as sensory neurons. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, we are able to explain complex electromechanical processes underlying sensory transduction using a simple model, which captures the responses of a wide range of mechanoreceptor types to diverse sensory stimuli. (jneurosci.org)
  • Sensory hair cells are specialized mechanoreceptors that are required to reliably transmit auditory and vestibular information to the brain. (nih.gov)
  • Mechanoreceptors detect mechanical stimulus originating from within the plant (intrinsic) and from the surrounding environment (extrinsic). (wikipedia.org)
  • Once the plant perceives a mechanical stimulus via mechanoreceptor cells or mechanoreceptor proteins within the plasma membrane of a cell, the resulting ion flux is integrated through signaling pathways resulting in a response. (wikipedia.org)
  • While plants do not have nerves or a nervous system like animals, they also contain mechanoreceptors that perform a similar function. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ISNs are regulated by the mechanoreceptor Nanchung that responds to changes in hemolymph osmolarity to signal water balance status, and by adipokinetic hormone that signals aspects of energy store status to the brain. (elifesciences.org)
  • 1. Beta1-integrins co-localize with Na, K-ATPase, epithelial sodium channels (ENaC) and voltage activated calcium channels (VACC) in mechanoreceptor complexes of mouse limb-bud chondrocytes. (nih.gov)
  • Mechanoreceptors can be organized into three levels: molecular, cellular, and organ-level. (wikipedia.org)
  • My thesis project studies the trigeminal mechanoreceptors on the mouse tongue using genetic labeling, tracing and in vivo electrophysiological recording methods. (mbl.edu)