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Somatosensory and visceral receptor mechanisms: proceedings of an international symposium held in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., on October 11-15, 1974
Somatosensory and visceral receptor mechanisms
1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations.
Front Cover; Somatosensory and Visceral Receptor Mechanisms; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Session I-General Problems of Sensory Receptor Mechanisms; Chapter 1. Tissue receptors. Historical scope. Modern view. Perspectives; Chapter 2. Is the physiology of cutaneous receptors determined by morphology?; Session II-Morphology, Development and Histochemistry of Receptors; Chapter 3. Morphological basis of sensation in hairy skin; Chapter 4. Process of regeneration and development of the tissue receptors specificity
Chapter 5. Ultrastructural features of Pacinian corpuscles in the early postnatal periodChapter 6. The role of sensory innervation in the development of mechanoreceptors; Chapter 7. Vegetative component of interoceptors; Chapter 8. Ultrastructural differences between the preterminal nerve fibres and their endings in the mechanoreceptors, with special reference to their degeneration and mode of uptake of horseradish peroxidase; Chapter 9. Living interoceptor structure; Chapter 10. Morphometric study of fine structure of living receptor by cinemicroscopic technique
Session III-Thermoreceptor MechanismsChapter 11. Functional and structural basis of thermoreception; Chapter 12. On the vascular component of the peripheral cold reception; Chapter 13. Some response properties of cold fibers to cooling; Chapter 14. Physiological mechanisms of skin thermosensitivity; Chapter 15. Analysis of activity in A and C fibres under mechanical and thermal stimulation of the skin receptor field; Chapter 16. The structure and function of the infrared receptors of snakes; Session IV-Mechanoreceptor Mechanisms; Chapter 17. Morphofunctional properties of Pacinian corpuscles
Chapter 18. Effect of acetylcholine and catecholamines on excitability of Pacinian corpusclesChapter 19. Functional organization of mechanoreceptors; Chapter 20. General properties of mechanoreceptors that signal the position of the integument, teeth, tactile hairs and joints; Chapter 21. The mechanoreceptors of the sinus hair organ on the cat's foreleg; Chapter 22. Adaptation in mechanoreceptors of amphibian skin; Chapter 23. Touch perception threshold in terms of amplitude and rate of skin deformation
Chapter 24. On the effect of electrical stimulation of the dorsal column system on sensory thresholds in patients with chronic painChapter 25. Modes of excitation of respiratory tract receptors; Chapter 26. Resetting as a general functional property of cardiovascular mechanoreceptors (experimental study of mechanoreceptors in the aorta and auricles); Session V-Nociceptor Mechanisms; Chapter 27. Sensitization of high threshold receptors with unmyelinated (C) afferent fibers; Chapter 28. The effect of focused ultrasound on skin and deep nerve structures of man and animal
Includes bibliographical references and index.