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Mechanoreceptors

"Mechanoreceptors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptor cells include the INNER EAR hair cells, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mechanoreceptors" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mechanoreceptors" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 32 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2005
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