THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON MECHANOTRANSDUCTION IN THE COCKROACH TACTILE SPINE
THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON MECHANOTRANSDUCTION IN THE COCKROACH TACTILE SPINE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00609849
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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KUSTER, JE
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FRENCH, AS;KUSTER, JE
The dynamic behavior of the cockroach femoral tactile spine can be characterized as fractional differentiation. In the frequency domain this corresponds to a frequency response function which can be completely represented by 2 parameters: the gain at a frequency of 1 radian/s and an exponent of frequency. Frequency response functions for mechanotransduction in the tactile spine were measured at temperatures in the range of 10.degree.-40.degree. C. Sensory transduction fails at temperatures a few degrees Celsius outside this range. The effect of temperature upon sensory transduction is to multiply the entire response by a constant factor, independent of frequency, at each temperature. The multiplication factor increases with warming up to .apprx. 35.degree. C and then decreases rapidly. The data up to 35.degree. C is well fitted by an Arrhenius relationship with an activation energy of 18.6 kcal/mol. Changing the temperature has no effect upon the exponent of frequency which stays constant at .apprx. 0.5, corresponding to a system which performs semi-differentiation. The possible sites of temperatures sensitivity and sensory transduction in these mechanoreceptors are discussed. Possible origins of the semi-differentiation behavior are reviewed and a visco-elastic traveling wave model of the tubular body is suggested. Comparisons are drawn throughout to the behavior of Pacinian corpuscles, muscle spindle primary afferents and other cuticular mechanoreceptors.