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Comparative Physiology of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors

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Comparative Aspects of Mechanoreceptor Systems

Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology ((COMPARATIVE,volume 10))

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Until 1910, histological investigation of the skin had revealed a variety of structurally developed end organs in the skin, all of them connected to myelinated afferent nerve fibres. The function of these receptor structures had to remain a matter of speculation until it became possible to record electrophysiologically from identified single nerve fibres. Unitary recording techniques were pioneered by Adrian and Zottermann (1926). Adrian and Umrath (1929) were among the first to combine structure and function in their work on Pacinian corpuscles. Frankenhaeuser’s (1949) Lindblom’s (1965) and Tapper’s (1965) work perfected techniques linking structure and function.

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Hamann, W. (1992). Comparative Physiology of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors. In: Ito, F. (eds) Comparative Aspects of Mechanoreceptor Systems. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76690-9_8

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