| dc.contributor.author | Chambers, Margaret R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-18T09:43:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-18T09:43:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1969-09 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1842/40918 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/3670 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this investigation a slowly adapting mechanoreceptor in the hairy skin of the cat was investigated by electrophysiological techniques. The aim was to study the patterns of discharge in the primary afferent fibre to delicately controlled displacement of the skin surface. The displacement was precisely controlled using an electronic system by which the displacement parameters of velocity, amplitude and duration were altered.
The properties of the mechanoreceptor were described qualitatively and a quantitative analysis was begun. A comparison of the properties was made with other slowly adapting mechanoreceptors.
This mechanoreceptor is now commonly called the cutaneous slowly adapting
mechanoreceptor type II. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | The University of Edinburgh | en |
| dc.subject | Cat | en |
| dc.subject | Skin of the cat | en |
| dc.subject | skin | en |
| dc.subject | mechanoreceptor | en |
| dc.subject | slowly adapting mechanoreceptor | en |
| dc.subject | hairy skin | en |
| dc.subject | cutaneous slowly adapting mechanoreceptor type II | en |
| dc.title | Properties of a slowly adapting mechanoreceptor in the skin of the cat | en |
| dc.title.alternative | The properties of a slowly adapting mechanoreceptor in the skin of the cat | en |
| dc.type | Thesis or Dissertation | en |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | en |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MSc Master of Science | en |
