Tactile information is detected by thermoreceptors and mechanoreceptors in the skin and integrated by the central nervous system to produce the perception of somatosensation. Here we investigate the ...

Researchers have demonstrated that Meissner's corpuscle mechanoreceptors can be observed in living tissue using two-photon microscopy. When a fingertip explores the surface of a material, ...

Innocuous mechanical stimuli acting on the skin are detected by sensory neurons, known as low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMRs). LTMRs are classified based on their response properties, action ...

Nike claims the shoes "engage the sensory areas of your brain via the thousands of mechanoreceptors underfoot" ...

Researchers from Wuyi University in China have developed a smart bionic finger capable of subsurface tactile tomography. While previous artificial sensors could only recognize external features, the ...

Hair cells are the sensory receptor cells of hearing and balance. They are as important for the senses of the inner ear as chemoreceptors are for taste and smell; as photoreceptors are for vision; and ...

Nagoya, Japan - When a fingertip explores the surface of a material, mechanoreceptors called Meissner's corpuscles (MCs) near the surface of the skin mainly respond to low-frequency vibration stimuli ...