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News Physiol Sci 9: 158-161, 1994;
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News in Physiological Sciences, Vol 9, 158-161, Copyright © 1994 by International Union of Physiological Sciences

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The Basis of Rapid Adaptation in Mechanoreceptors

AS French and PH Torkkeli

Mechanoreceptors often adapt rapidly and completely to a sustained mechanical stimulus. This adaptation is usually assumed to be caused by mechanical structures surrounding sensory endings, but old and new evidence from several preparations indicates that ionic processes in the cell membranes are primarily responsible for such complete adaptation.




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