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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 +2 more
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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 +8 more
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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 +9 more
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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 +2 more
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A T-type calcium channel required for normal function of a mammalian mechanoreceptor
, 2003 The dorsal root ganglia (DRG) contain a variety of mechanoreceptors, but no molecular markers uniquely identify specific mechanoreceptor subtypes. We have used DNA microarrays and subtracted cDNA libraries to isolate genes that are specifically expressed
Gary R Lewin +11 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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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. +2 more
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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 +4 more
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Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2018 It is difficult to experimentally observe the influence of differences in individual skin properties of human fingers on tactile perceptions. During subjective experiments, many parameters, such as skin properties, the transmittance of nerve signals, and
Toru HAMASAKI +2 more
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