Mechanoreceptors : Development, Structure, and Function

Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Morphogenetic Interactions in the Development of Avian Cutaneous Sensory Receptors....Pages 3-8 Critical Periods in the Development of Mechanoreceptors....Pages 9-16 Taste Bud Development in Rat Vallate and Foliate Papillae....Pages 17-22 Do Developing Merkel Cells in Vibrissal Tactile Receptors Provide a Template for Pattern Formation in the Trigeminal System?....Pages 23-28 Coated Vesicles in Developing Muscle Spindles....Pages 29-34 The Ontogenetic Development of Sensory Corpuscles....Pages 35-36 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Human Muscle Spindle Development....Pages 39-44 Early Type-Differentiation of Intrafusal Fibers....Pages 45-50 Innervation of Immature Muscle Spindles in the Rat....Pages 51-56 The Motor Innervation of Newborn Kitten Muscle Spindles....Pages 57-61 Developmental Aspects of Muscle Stretch Receptor Function in the Rat and the Cat....Pages 63-70 Functional Maturation of Muscle Spindles in the Tenuissimus Muscles of Kittens....Pages 71-72 The Dynamic Sensitivity of Muscle Spindles in the Kitten....Pages 73-78 Postnatal Development and Aging of Muscle Spindles in the Mouse Masseter Muscle and Effects of a Fine-Grained Diet on Them....Pages 79-83 Postnatal Development of Muscle Spindles and Extrafusal Muscle Fibers in the Mouse Temporal Muscle and Dietary Effect....Pages 85-87 Age Related Changes of Muscle Spindles of Rat Soleus Muscle....Pages 89-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Significance of the Extracellular Matrix for the Regeneration of Sensory Corpuscles, with Special Reference to Pacinian Corpuscles....Pages 93-97 Reinnervation of Grafted Pacinian Corpuscles by Dorsal Root and Dorsal Column Axons....Pages 99-104 Evidence for Transdifferentiation of Alpha Motoneuron Terminals during Reinnervation of Muscle Spindles....Pages 105-110 Regeneration of Muscle Spindles in Grafted Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle of the Rat....Pages 111-116 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Muscle-Spindle Recovery in Orthotopic Grafts of Cat Muscles....Pages 117-121 Investigation of Mechanoreceptors in the Skeletal Muscles of Rats under Different Experimental Conditions....Pages 123-126 Sensory Nerve Endings in Minced Muscle of Young and Old Rats....Pages 127-130 Mechanoreceptors in Irradiated Traumatized Skeletal Muscle under Stimulated Regeneration....Pages 131-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Loss of Sensory and Motor Neurons After Nerve Injury in Young and Adult Rats....Pages 137-142 Sensory Innervation of Atypical Spindles After Nerve Crush in Newborn Rats....Pages 143-148 Functional Properties of Atypical Muscle Spindles After Nerve Crush in Newborn Rats....Pages 149-154 Late Effects of Early Hind-Limb Denervation and Reinnervation in Rats: An EMG Study....Pages 155-156 Branching of Myelinated and Unmyelinated Fibers During Nerve Regeneration....Pages 157-158 Abnormalities of Cutaneous Sensory Receptors Following Peripheral Nerve Regeneration....Pages 159-165 Reinnervation of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors....Pages 167-171 Hyperinnervation of Rat Pacinian Corpuscles in a Toxic Distal Axonopathy....Pages 173-174 The Effect of Opioid Peptides on the Functional Recovery of Damaged Neuronal Structures....Pages 175-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Dense Cored Vesicles in SAI Merkel Cells and Their Role in Mechano-Electric Transduction....Pages 183-187 Electrophysiological Studies on Merkel Cells Isolated from Rat Vibrissal Mechanoreceptors....Pages 189-194 Effects of Intracellular Ca 2+ on the Frog Muscle Spindle in Relation to Cyclic AMP Action....Pages 195-199 Transduction Mechanisms in Pacinian Corpuscles....Pages 201-207 The Role of Cytoskeleton in Mechanoreceptor Activity of Pacinian Corpuscles....Pages 209-211 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Stroboscopic Cinematographic and Videorecording of Dynamic Bag 1 Fibres During Rapid Stretching of Isolated Cat Muscle Spindles....Pages 215-220 Fusimotor Endings Responsible for Chain Fibre ‘Driving’ of Primary Sensory Endings in Cat Muscle Spindles....Pages 221-222 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Long-Chain Fibres in Spindles of Cat Superficial Lumbrical Muscles....Pages 223-224 Fusimotor Induced Phase Differences Between Responses of Primary and Secondary Endings from the Same Muscle Spindle....Pages 225-230 Neural Control of ACh Sensitivity of Muscle Spindles in Cats....Pages 231-233 Fluorescent Labelling of Nerve Terminals in the Living Isolated Mammalian Muscle Spindle....Pages 235-235 Scanning Electron Microscopic Identification of Motor and Sensory Endings on Teased Intrafusal Muscle Fibers....Pages 237-240 Sensory ‘Cross-Terminals’ Between Dymamic and Static Intrafusal Fibers in Rat Muscle Spindles....Pages 241-246 Ultrastructure of Attachments of Human Intrafusal Fibers....Pages 247-253 The Capsular Sleeve of Muscle Spindles in Mouse and Man with Special Reference to the Cytoskeleton....Pages 255-261 Quantitative Studies on Mammalian Muscle Spindles and their Sensory Innervation....Pages 263-269 Three-Dimensional Distribution of Muscle Spindles and Golgi Tendon Organs in the Human Abductor Pollicis Brevis....Pages 271-272 Myofibrillar and Cytoskeletal Proteins in Human Muscle Spindles....Pages 273-274 Immunohistochemical Demonstration of Connective Tissue Macromolecules at the Equator of Chick Muscle Spindles....Pages 275-280 Front Matter....Pages 281-281 What is a Sensory Corpuscle?....Pages 283-286 Classification of Sensory Nerve Formations (Endings)....Pages 287-288 The Effects of Age on Murine Pacinian Corpuscles....Pages 289-294 Substance P- and Somatostatin-Like Immunoreactivity in Avian Encapsulated Mechanoreceptors....Pages 295-300 Effects of Nerve Injury and Colchicine Treatment on the Recovery of Non-Specific Cholinesterase Activity in Specialized Schwann Cells of Rat Simple Lamellar Corpuscles....Pages 301-305 Histochemical Evidence of Dipeptidylpeptidase IV Activity in the Schwann Cells Surrounding Unmyelinated Portions of Axons....Pages 307-308 Juxtaoral Organ: Present Knowledge on the Development and Morphology of an Organ of Unknown Function....Pages 309-310 Juxtaoral Organ: Ultrastructure and Features Indicating a Mechanoreceptive Function....Pages 311-317 Front Matter....Pages 281-281 The Ultrastructure of Sensory Nerve Endings in the Penis of the Goat....Pages 319-324 Mechanoreceptors in Human Intra-Articular Tissues....Pages 325-329 Topography of Mechanoreceptors in the Connective Tissue of the Elbow Joint Region in Monodelphis Domestica, a Laboratory Marsupial....Pages 331-336 Sensory Nerve Endings in the Deep Lateral Cubital Region: A Topographical and Ultrastructural Study in the Rat....Pages 337-344 The Occurrence of Muscle Spindles in Relation to the Architecture of the Connective Tissue in the Lateral Cubital Region of the Rat....Pages 345-346 Distribution and Structure of Mechanoreceptors in the Mandibular Joint of STR/IN-Mice....Pages 347-348 Functional Significance of Blood Sinuses around Sense Organs in Some Mammals....Pages 349-355 The Structure and Development of Mechanoreceptor Complexes in Anseriform Birds as Shown by SEM....Pages 357-360 Mechanoreceptor Cells of the Lamprey Spinal Cord: Direct Connections with Identified Segmental Neurons....Pages 361-364 Coxal Setal Organs in Archaeognatha and Zygentoma (Insecta)....Pages 365-367 Front Matter....Pages 369-369 Discharges of Tendon Organs During Unfused Muscle Contractions....Pages 371-376 A Proposed Mechanoreceptor Role for the Small Redundant Muscles which Act in Parallel with Large Prime-Movers....Pages 377-382 Discharge Characteristics of Joint Receptors in Relation to their Proprioceptive Role....Pages 383-388 Effects of Mechanical Stimulation of Knee Joint Mechanoreceptors on Firing of Quadriceps Motor Units....Pages 389-390 Analyses of Ia — Afferent Discharge in Humans during Isotonic Position Holding and Load Perturbations....Pages 391-396 Influence of Muscle Afferents and Mechanoreceptor Cutaneous Inputs on Alpha Motor Neurons at Rest and During Voluntary Contraction....Pages 397-406 Postural Responses Evoked by Unilateral Vibration of Lower Limb Muscles in Standing Subjects....Pages 407-409 A Preliminary and Quantitative Reappraisal of the Wartenberg Test in Parkinsonian Patients....Pages 411-412 The Influence of Load on the Short Latency Hit Reflex Evoked by a Mechanical Stimulus in Man....Pages 413-415 Dynamic and Static Fusimotor Set in Various Behavioural Contexts....Pages 417-430 Back Matter....Pages 431-442