This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pacinian corpuscles in the mesentery of adult cats were fixed with either glutaraldehyde, osmium tetroxide or permanganate solutions by close ...

WE have recently studied the distribution of cholinesterases in the cat's pancreas by Koelle's histochemical method 1, and observed that among other structures which contain enzyme the Pacinian ...

IT has been shown that the sensory input into the central nervous system can be modulated at the very origin of the nervous message—at the receptor 1. For example, the response of a cutaneous touch ...

Researchers have demonstrated a universal decoding system in humans that determines how we perceive vibrations of different frequencies through touch. Researchers have demonstrated a universal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A Pacinian corpuscle is a receptor that resides in the skin and other tissues and has the appearance of a bulb surrounding a nerve ending.

If you were to run the tips of your fingers steadily down one cheek and across your lips to the other cheek, you would sense an assortment of textures (especially if you're male and haven't shaved for ...

They may seem little more than digital decoration, but biomechanics have long known that fingerprints have at least one use: they increase friction, thereby improving grip. There have also been hints ...

A gene known to control lens development in mice and humans is also crucial for the development of neurons responsible for mechanosensory function, as neurobiologists have now discovered. They found ...

New research reveals that an area in the brain known as the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in processing both sound and touch in the form of mechanical vibrations to create an augmented ...

Ludwig van Beethoven began to lose his hearing at age 28 and was deaf by age 44. While the cause of his hearing loss remains a topic of scientific debate and ongoing revision, one thing is clear: ...