by Yung Wing-ho. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references.

by Tsu Yun-Huang Stephen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-95). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.1 / ABSTRACT --- p.2 / INTRODUCTION --- p.4 / Chapter SECTION 1: --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1 --- Sensory ending in mammalian skin --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2 --- The slowly adapting type I mechanoreceptor --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- The slowly adapting type II mechanoreceptor --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4 --- The role of the Merkel cell --- p.12 / Chapter 1.5 --- Hair cells as an analogy --- p.13 / Chapter 1.6 --- Molecular mechanism of SAI mechanotransduction --- p.14 / Chapter 1.7 --- Calcium influx and transmitter release --- p.17 / Chapter 1.8 --- Calcium homeostasis --- p.17 / Chapter 1.9 --- Substances that affect Calcium influx --- p.18 / Chapter "a," --- Inorganic ions --- p.18 / Chapter "b," --- Neomycin --- p.20 / Chapter "c," --- Verapamil --- p.20 / Chapter "d," --- Bay K8644 --- p.21 / Chapter 1.10 --- Modulators of intracellular calcium stores --- p.21 / Chapter 1.11 --- Caffeine and cAMP --- p.22 / Chapter 1.12 --- The mitochondria and NaN3 --- p.23 / Chapter SECTION 2: --- METHODS --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Nerve Skin In Vitro Preparation --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2 --- Synthetic Interstitual Fluid --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- Localised superfusion --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- Nerve Chamber Perfusion --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5 --- Mechanical Stimulation and Experiment Control --- p.29 / Chapter 2.6 --- Data analysis --- p.29 / Chapter SECTION 3: --- RESULTS --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- Viability of the Preparation --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- Effects of Neomycin --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3 --- Effects of Magnesium --- p.47 / Chapter 3.4 --- Effects of Verapamil --- p.52 / Chapter 3.5 --- Effects of Bay-K-8644 --- p.58 / Chapter 3.6 --- Effects of Caffeine --- p.62 / Chapter 3.7 --- Effects of NaN3 --- p.69 / Chapter SECTION 4. --- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION / Chapter 4.1 --- Reliability of data obtained from the present in vitro preparation --- p.75 / Chapter 4.2 --- Comparison of the role of calcium in SAI and SA II receptors --- p.76 / Chapter 4.3 --- Synaptic link between Merkel cell and afferent nerve fibre? --- p.83 / Chapter SECTION5. --- REFERENCES --- p.87

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Thesis (Ph. D. in Neuroscience)--Vanderbilt University, Dec. 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Individuals constantly modulate their exploratory movements and adapt their internal hypotheses to incoming sensory information to achieve a thorough and realistic percept. Perception depends on the exploratory movements as well as influencing them. While this seems to be common sense, scientifically we know very little about the temporal dynamics during haptic exploration. To address this, we investigated the exploratory force modulations of two groups of healthy young adults during the exploration of grated surfaces with differing detection difficulty during successive (n = 20) and random stimulus presentation (n = 20). Results showed that exploratory force depended on stimulus properties and increased with increasing detection difficulty. Both experiments yielded the same direction of results with slightly smaller effects in the random stimulus presentation group. Across exploration time average fingertip force also increased. The biggest increase occurred systematically at the beginning (within the first 40 percent) of exploration time per stimulus indicating that most critical information is received during the initial contact phase and is directly transformed into the exploration procedure and force application. Furthermore, video-analyses and comparisons to our high temporal resolution data revealed strong dynamic changes in pressure application during test stimulus exploration with differences in the force dynamics and exploration strategies of simple and difficult stimuli.

by Leung Man-sing. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references.

by Senok, Silas Solomon. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-217). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.v / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Classification of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Characteristics of Some Mammalian Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- Vibrissae --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4 --- Mechanosensory Transduction --- p.40 / Chapter 2.5 --- The Merkel Cell Controversy --- p.44 / Chapter 2.6 --- Intracellular Calcium Mobilisation --- p.53 / Chapter 3 --- METHODS --- p.59 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Isolated Vibrissal Preparation --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2 --- Experimental Protocol --- p.77 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data Analysis --- p.79 / Chapter 4 --- RESULTS --- p.82 / Chapter 4.1 --- Characterisation of The Receptors --- p.82 / Chapter 4.2 --- Stability And Viability of The Preparation --- p.94 / Chapter 4.3 --- Pharmacologic Studies --- p.103 / Chapter 5 --- DISCUSSION --- p.160 / Chapter 5.1 --- Outcome of Project --- p.160 / Chapter 5 2 --- The Isolated Vibrissal Preparation --- p.162 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Vibrissal Slowly Adapting Mechanoreceptors --- p.165 / Chapter 5 4 --- Mechanism of Chloroquine Inhibtion of Merkel Cell Receptors --- p.170 / Chapter 5.5 --- Evidence For CICR In Merkel Cell Endings --- p.175 / Chapter 5.6 --- Mechano-Electric Transduction In Merkel Cell Receptors --- p.182 / Chapter 5.7 --- Transduction in St II Nerve Terminals --- p.190 / Chapter 5.8 --- What Next? --- p.192 / Chapter 5.9 --- Conclusion --- p.193 / REFERENCES --- p.194

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala University, 1983. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-21).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2005. / Typescript. Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 124 pages. Includes Vita. Includes bibliographical references.