Mechanoreceptors

1 Some Morphological and Physicochemical Pecularities of Receptive Structures and the Accessory Apparatus of Mechanoreceptors.- 1.1 An External Characteristic of the Mechanoreceptor Field.- 1.2 Intracellular Organization of the Mechanoreceptor Region.- 1.3 A Characteristic of the Medium Surrounding Mechanoreceptors.- 1.4 A Brief Conclusion.- 2 A General Characteristic of Mechanoreceptor Activity.- 2.1 Receptor and Generator Potentials.- 2.2 Electrical Characteristics of the Receptor Potential.- 2.3 Electrical Responses of Nerve and Muscle Fibers to Mechanical Stimulation.- 2.4 Dependence of Receptor Potential Parameters upon Mechanical Stimulus Characteristics.- 2.5 A Brief Conclusion.- 3 The Ionic Mechanisms of Receptor Potential Generation.- 3.1 The Role of Passive Ion Transport in Receptor Potential Generation.- 3.2 The Role of Active Ion Transport in Receptor Potential Generation.- 3.3 A Brief Conclusion.- 4 The First-order Code. Ionic Mechanisms of Signal Transformation in the Electrically Excitable Membrane of the Myelinated Fiber.- 4.1 The Main Postulates of the Membrane Ionic Theory. The Mathematical Hodgkin-Huxley Model.- 4.2 The Ionic Mechanisms of Numeric and Frequency Coding.- 4.3 Ionic Mechanisms of Nerve Impulse Generation in Sensory and Motor Fibers.- 4.4 A Brief Conclusion.- 5 The Effect of Biologically Active Substances upon Mechanoreceptors.- 5.1 The Effects of Catecholamines and the Sympathetic Nervous System on the Activity of Mechanoreceptors.- 5.2 The Effect of Acetylcholine and Cholinolytics on Mechanoreceptors.- 5.3 A Brief Conclusion.- 6 Summary.- References.