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Development of mechanoreceptors.

, 2003
The important morphogenetic and trophic interactions between axon terminals and their associated cells are widely studied. The first experiments examining this relationship were done by denervation studies in different types of mechanoreceptors. Not much
Szeder, Viktor
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Smart Flexible Tactile Sensors: Recent Progress in Device Designs, Intelligent Algorithms, and Multidisciplinary Applications

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensors have considerable potential for broad application in healthcare monitoring, human–machine interfaces, and bioinspired robotics. This review explores recent progress in device design, performance optimization, and intelligent applications. It highlights how AI algorithms enhance environmental adaptability and perception accuracy
Siyuan Wang, Ming Dong, Rongrong Bao, Caofeng Pan   +3 more
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Biometric‐Tuned E‐Skin Sensor with Real Fingerprints Provides Insights on Tactile Perception: Rosa Parks Had Better Surface Vibrational Sensation than Richard Nixon

Advanced Science
The dense mechanoreceptors in human fingertips enable texture discrimination. Recent advances in flexible electronics have created tactile sensors that effectively replicate slowly adapting (SA) and rapidly adapting (RA) mechanoreceptors.
Senlin Hou, Qingyun Huang, Hongyu Zhang, Qingjiu Chen, Cong Wu, Mengge Wu, Chen Meng, Kuanming Yao, Xinge Yu, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Walid Daoud, Jianping Wang, Wen Jung Li   +12 more
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Pressure-clamped single-fiber recording technique: A new recording method for studying sensory receptors

Molecular Pain, 2020
An electrophysiological technique that can record nerve impulses from a single nerve fiber is indispensable for studying modality-specific sensory receptors such as low threshold mechanoreceptors, thermal receptors, and nociceptors.
Mayumi Sonekatsu, Hiroshi Yamada, Jianguo G Gu   +2 more
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Evaluation of the distribution of mechanoreceptors in the hip joint with severe coxarthrosis in 9 patients: A histologic and stereological study

, 2022
Due to its high mobility, hip joint plays a crucial role in executing many movements such as standing, sitting, running, crouching. The distribution of mechanoreceptors and neural elements in anatomical structures that provide stabilization of the hip ...
Tekin, Bahar, Shojaolsadati, Paria, Bilgili, Mustafa Gökhan, Kolbaşı, Bircan, Şentürk, G. E., Atasever, Alper, Edipoğlu, Erdem   +6 more
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A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker, Tamzid Ul Islam, Md. Robiul Islam   +2 more
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i‐Tac: Inverse Design of 3D‐Printed Tactile Elastomers with Tuneable Optical and Mechanical Properties

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Inspired by the multi‐tissue architecture of the human fingertip dermis (A), this work introduces a mixture design using three PolyJet materials (AC/TM/GM) to expand the achievable elastomer property space (B). An inverse design pipeline (i‐Tac) is developed to map target optical/mechanical requirements to optimal material compositions (C), enabling ...
Wen Fan, Dandan Zhang
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Graphene Mesh for Self‐Sensing Ionic Soft Actuator Inspired from Mechanoreceptors in Human Body

Advanced Science, 2019
Here, inspired by mechanoreceptors in the human body, a self‐sensing ionic soft actuator is developed that precisely senses the bending motions during actuating utilizing a 3D graphene mesh electrode.
Rassoul Tabassian, Van Hiep Nguyen, Sima Umrao, Manmatha Mahato, Jaehwan Kim, Maurizio Porfiri, Il‐Kwon Oh   +6 more
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Cutaneous mechanoreceptors, functional behaviour

, 2009
The skin is the largest organ of the body and is richly supplied with specialized sensory endings of low mechanical threshold. These cutaneous mechanoreceptors allow us to feel the weak forces generated by a slight breeze and to differentiate between the
Windhorst, Uwe, Hirokawa, Nobutaka, Macefield, Vaughan G., Binder, Marc D., Birznieks, Ingvars   +4 more
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Histological identification of nasopharyngeal mechanoreceptors

, 2016
The auditory tube plays a fundamental role in regulating middle ear pressure. A "system" sensitive to a pressure gradient between the middle ear and the ambient environment is necessary. The presence of mechanoreceptors in the middle ear and the tympanic
SALBURGO, Florent, MONTAVA, Marion, Lagier, Aude, Lavieille, Jean-Pierre, ESTEVE, Dominique, Garcia, Stéphane   +5 more
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