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Network Processes Involved in the Mediation of Short-Term Habituation in Aplysia: Contribution of Intrinsic Regulation of Excitability and Synaptic Augmentation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2014
Short-term habituation (STH) is the decrease in behavioral responding observed during repeated stimulation at regular intervals. For siphon-elicited siphon withdrawal in Aplysia (S-SWR), we previously showed that the amplitude of responses measured in ...
Thomas M Fischer, Daniel A Jacobson, Kristen eDemorest   +2 more
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Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity

eLife, 2021
Although specialized mechanosensory cells are found across animal phylogeny, early evolutionary histories of mechanoreceptor development remain enigmatic. Cnidaria (e.g.
Ethan Ozment, Arianna N Tamvacakis, Jianhong Zhou, Pablo Yamild Rosiles-Loeza, Esteban Elías Escobar-Hernandez, Selene L Fernandez-Valverde, Nagayasu Nakanishi   +6 more
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Biomechanics in Soft Mechanical Sensing: From Natural Case Studies to the Artificial World

Biomimetics, 2018
Living beings use mechanical interaction with the environment to gather essential cues for implementing necessary movements and actions. This process is mediated by biomechanics, primarily of the sensory structures, meaning that, at first, mechanical ...
Afroditi Astreinidi Blandin, Irene Bernardeschi, Lucia Beccai   +2 more
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Reprogrammed fecal and mucosa-associated intestinal microbiota and weakened mucus layer in intestinal goblet cell- specific Piezo1-deficient mice

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Dysfunction of the mucus layer allows commensal and pathogenic microorganisms to reach the intestinal epithelium, thereby leading to infection and inflammation. This barrier is synthesized and secreted by host goblet cells.
Ying Liu, Feifei Fang, Yilin Xiong, Jiandi Wu, Xueyan Li, Gangping Li, Tao Bai, Xiaohua Hou, Jun Song   +8 more
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A new bioinspired method for pressure and flow sensing based on the underwater air-retaining surface of the backswimmer Notonecta

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2018
In technical systems, static pressure and pressure changes are usually measured with piezoelectric materials or solid membranes. In this paper, we suggest a new biomimetic principle based on thin air layers that can be used to measure underwater pressure
Matthias Mail, Adrian Klein, Horst Bleckmann, Anke Schmitz, Torsten Scherer, Peter T. Rühr, Goran Lovric, Robin Fröhlingsdorf, Stanislav N. Gorb, Wilhelm Barthlott   +9 more
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Comparison of the physiological properties of human periodontal-masseteric reflex evoked by incisor and canine stimulation

Frontiers in Physiology, 2012
Introduction: The present study was designed to clarify whether the bilateral cooperation in the human periodontal-masseteric reflex (PMR) differs between central incisors and canines.
Hiroko eOhmori, Hiroaki eKirimoto, Takashi eOno   +2 more
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Modelling the mechanoreceptor's dynamic behaviour [PDF]

Journal of Anatomy, 2015
AbstractAll sensory receptors adapt, i.e. they constantly adjust their sensitivity to external stimuli to match the current demands of the natural environment. Electrophysiological responses of sensory receptors from widely different modalities seem to exhibit common features related to adaptation, and these features can be used to examine the ...
Song, Z., Banks, Robert W., Bewick, Guy S.   +2 more
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Multiple sensor theory in cardiovascular mechanosensory units

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Multiple sensor theory (MST) has advanced our understanding of how lung mechanosensors operate. That is, single lung units contain multiple homogeneous or heterogeneous sensors. Each detects sensor-specific mechanical information and interacts with other
Jerry Yu, Jerry Yu
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MECHANORECEPTORS OF THE RABBIT DUODENUM [PDF]

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, 1984
A preparation is described which allowed the investigation of single‐unit afferent activity in non‐myelinated mesenteric nerves in urethane‐anaesthetized rabbits. Three classes of mechano‐receptors were isolated and were located in the muscularis externa (n = 17), the serosa (n = 5) and the mesentery (n = 2).
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A Digital Hardware System for Spiking Network of Tactile Afferents

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
In the present research, we explore the possibility of utilizing a hardware-based neuromorphic approach to develop a tactile sensory system at the level of first-order afferents, which are slowly adapting type 1 (SA-I) and fast adapting type 1 (FA-I ...
Nima Salimi-Nezhad, Erfan Ilbeigi, Mahmood Amiri, Egidio Falotico, Cecilia Laschi   +4 more
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