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Cutaneous Thermoreceptors

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Somatosensory System

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((SENSORY,volume 2))

Abstract

The concept of thermoreceptors is based originally on human sensory physiology, in particular on the fact that thermal sensations can be elicited from localized sensory spots in the skin (Blix, 1882). Detailed investigations have revealed differentiation of “warm” and “cold”, that, is, local areas responding only with warm or cold sensations. In some cases also responded with thermal sensations to inadequate electrical stimulation. It seems thus justified to speak of specific thermoreceptors in the classical sense of Müller (1840). This mean that temperature sensations (ET) are correlated with localized neural structures (N)

$$ {E_T} \to N $$

→ is the symbol of a probability implication (Reenpää, 1992; Hensel, 1996). This type of specificity could be called “sensory specificity”.

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