"Mechanoreceptors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptor cells include the INNER EAR hair cells, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures.
| Descriptor ID |
D008465
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.675.650.915.750 A08.800.950.750 A11.671.650.915.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Mechanoreceptors- Mechanoreceptors
- Mechanoreceptor
- Mechanoreceptor Cells
- Cell, Mechanoreceptor
- Cells, Mechanoreceptor
- Mechanoreceptor Cell
Neurotendinous Spindles- Neurotendinous Spindles
- Neurotendinous Spindle
- Spindle, Neurotendinous
- Spindles, Neurotendinous
- Golgi Tendon Organs
- Organs, Golgi Tendon
- Tendon Organs, Golgi
Krause's End Bulbs- Krause's End Bulbs
- Bulbs, Krause's End
- End Bulbs, Krause's
- Krause End Bulbs
- Krauses End Bulbs
Stretch Receptors- Stretch Receptors
- Receptor, Stretch
- Stretch Receptor
- Receptors, Stretch
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mechanoreceptors" by people in Profiles.
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Glass P, Rhoades D, Bohannon G, Joh RI, Pretzer-Aboff I, Park SH, Joung D. A synchronized event-cue feedback loop integrating a 3D printed wearable flexible sensor-tactor platform. Biosens Bioelectron. 2025 Apr 01; 273:117161.
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Weeks HM, Therrien AS, Bastian AJ. The cerebellum contributes to proprioception during motion. J Neurophysiol. 2017 08 01; 118(2):693-702.
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Tulenko TN. Regulating cross-talk between vascular smooth muscle cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003 Oct 01; 23(10):1707-9.
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Pavalko FM, Norvell SM, Burr DB, Turner CH, Duncan RL, Bidwell JP. A model for mechanotransduction in bone cells: the load-bearing mechanosomes. J Cell Biochem. 2003 Jan 01; 88(1):104-12.
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Mason AC, Oshinsky ML, Hoy RR. Hyperacute directional hearing in a microscale auditory system. Nature. 2001 Apr 05; 410(6829):686-90.
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Simonova OB, Petruk SF, Korochkin LI. [Differential characteristics of the temperature-sensitive period of the lawcp1 mutation on the basis of macrochaetae overexpression in Drosophila]. Genetika. 1996 Mar; 32(3):445-7.
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Schneider JS, Morse JR, Lidsky TI. Somatosensory properties of globus pallidus neurons in awake cats. Exp Brain Res. 1982; 46(2):311-4.
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Lidsky TI, Robinson JH, Denaro FJ, Weinhold PM. Trigeminal influences on entopeduncular units. Brain Res. 1978 Feb 10; 141(2):227-34.