Factors affecting cutaneous mechanoreceptor response. I. Constant-force versus constant-displacement stimulation.
Factors affecting cutaneous mechanoreceptor response. I. Constant-force versus constant-displacement stimulation.
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影响皮肤机械感受器反应的因素。
DOI:
10.1152/jn.1982.47.3.515
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
PubolsJr,BH
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作者:
PubolsJr,BH
4. Provided stimulus ramps are of sufficiently high velocity, adaptation of type I glabrous skin mechanoreceptors is more rapid with constant-displacement than with constant-force stimuli. However, following lower ramp velocities, rates of adaptation to constant-force and constant-displacement stimuli may be comparable. 5. Adaptation of type I mechanoreceptors to constant displacements does not “parallel” stress relaxation. Even after reactive force has become relatively stable, discharge rate drops to zero within 10-l 5 s in moderately slowly adapting units and continues to decline for many seconds or minutes in very slowly adapting units. 6. For both categories of type I mechanoreceptor, a logarithmic function most appropriately describes the relationship between mechanical stimulus force and primary afferent discharge rate. 7. Results are compared with previous findings in noncutaneous slowly adapting mechanoreceptors and are discussed in terms of the contributions of viscoelastic properties of skin to cutaneous mechanoreceptor activity. It is concluded that mechanical events at the skin surface contribute to, but do not alone account for, the discharge properties of cutaneous mechanoreceptors.