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Mechanosensory Coding

Mechanosensory Coding is a theoretical framework in neurobiology that specifies how mechanical stimuli are transduced, represented, and transformed into neural activity patterns by sensory neurons to convey information about stimulus modality, intensity, duration, and spatial location.

162

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12.1K

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540

Authors

222

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2017–2026

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Publications

162

Developmental genetics of the mechanosensory neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans

Martin Chalfie, John Sulston · Developmental Biology · 1981 · 804 citations

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The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

Lishi Li, Michael Rutlin, Victoria E. Abraira et al. · Cell · 2011 · 779 citations · Full text

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NEURAL ACTIVITY IN MECHANORECEPTIVE CUTANEOUS AFFERENTS: STIMULUS-RESPONSE RELATIONS, WEBER FUNCTIONS, AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION

Gerhard Werner, Vernon B. Mountcastle · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1965 · 490 citations

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The Cellular and Synaptic Architecture of the Mechanosensory Dorsal Horn

Victoria E. Abraira, Emily D. Kuehn, Anda M. Chirila et al. · Cell · 2016 · 434 citations · Full text

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Deep Sequencing of Somatosensory Neurons Reveals Molecular Determinants of Intrinsic Physiological Properties

Yang Zheng, Liu Pin, Ling Bai et al. · Neuron · 2019 · 366 citations · Full text

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Authors

540

  1. AS
    Andrew S. French

    University of Alberta, Canada

    5 publications · 155 citations

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  2. DD
    David D. Ginty

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    4 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. MG
    Martin Gibson

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 240 citations

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  4. AM
    Andrew M. Leifer

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 88 citations

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  5. WB
    William B. Kristan

    University of California San Diego, United States

    3 publications · 133 citations

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Institutions

222

  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    12 h-index

    50 publications

    16.1K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    46 publications

    11.9K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    6K citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    718 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    822 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    498 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 17 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Neuron

    12 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    11 publications · 611 citations

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  4. Journal of Comparative Physiology A

    10 publications · 513 citations

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  5. eLife

    8 publications · 463 citations

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