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    Glossary Mechanoreceptors

    specialized cells that detect mechanical pressure or distortion

    Mechanoreceptors are specialized sensory cells that respond to mechanical pressure or distortion. They play a crucial role in the sense of touch, detecting stimuli such as vibration, pressure, and stretch, and are found in various tissues, including the skin, muscles, and hair follicles.

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    1. KCNQ4 K+ channels tune mechanoreceptors for normal touch sensation in mouse and man Nature Neuroscience · 2011 · 109 citations
    2. KCNQ Potassium Channels Modulate Sensitivity of Skin Down-hair (D-hair) Mechanoreceptors Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2016 · 19 citations
    3. Three-dimensional microanatomy of mechanoreceptors and their possible mechanism of sensory transduction. PubMed · 2001 · 1 citations
    4. Follicle-innervating Aδ-low threshold mechanoreceptors organize through a population-dependent mechanism bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
    5. Effects of camphor and related compounds on slowly adapting mechanoreceptors in the rat sinus hair follicle IBRO Neuroscience Reports · 2022 · 5 citations
    6. Effects of transient receptor potential (TRP) channel agonists and antagonists on slowly adapting type II mechanoreceptors in the rat sinus hair follicle Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System · 2009 · 13 citations
    7. Effects of Potassium Channel Modulators on the Responses of Mammalian Slowly Adapting Mechanoreceptors Social Science Research Network · 2022
    8. Receptor types in cat hairy skin supplied by myelinated fibers. Journal of neurophysiology · 1968 · 307 citations
    9. Delta Opioid Receptors Presynaptically Regulate Cutaneous Mechanosensory Neuron Input to the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn Neuron · 2014 · 140 citations
    10. Three-dimensional analyses of touch domes in the hairy skin of the cat paw reveal morphological substrates for complex sensory processing Neuroscience Research · 2008 · 24 citations
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