Title :
Transfer function analysis of cutaneous type I mechanoreceptors
Author :
Baltensperger, C.M. ; Looft, F.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
Abstract :
A method for transfer function analysis of sensory receptors, introduced by A.S. French (1971) in his study of insect mechanoreceptors, has been applied to individual type I mechanoreceptor domes in cat hairy skin. Transfer and coherence function estimates were generated from spectral and cross-spectral estimates of a dome´s sampled stimulus and response signals. Single-dome results closely matched those for the tactile spine of the cockroach as well as those for a simple threshold model of the receptor
Keywords :
mechanoception; skin; spectral analysis; cat hairy skin; coherence function estimates; cross-spectral estimates; cutaneous type I mechanoreceptors; response signals; sampled stimulus; sensory receptors; spectral estimates; transfer function analysis; type I mechanoreceptor domes; Bandwidth; Coherence; Frequency estimation; Insects; Low pass filters; Probes; Shape; Signal processing; Skin; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1989., Proceedings of the 1989 Fifteenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1989.36686
