... to inhibitory feedback from mechanoreceptors that prevent damage to the feeding apparatus. Standardization of bite out-lever affected which trial produced maximum performance for a given individual. Indeed, maximum bite force is usually underestimated without standardization because it is expected...

... biomechanical model mechanoreceptors predator-prey interactions sensory ecology The interaction between the morphology of an organism and the biotic and abiotic environments can affect physiological and ecological performance( Wainwright and Reilly, 1994 ). Moreover, it has recently become apparent...

...Richard E. Brown; M. Roger Fedde ABSTRACT Mechanoreceptors on or near feather follicles in the wings of birds may provide information about airflow over the wing. We studied discharge characteristics of rapidly and slowly adapting mechanoreceptors associated with propatagial covert feathers, slowly...

... the cutter. Juvenile lobsters reared during this critical period with a substratum that could not be grasped or with reduced input from predominantly internal mechanoreceptors (proprioceptors) (achieved by cutting the dactyl and its chordotonal organ or by tenotomizing the claw opener or closer muscles...

..., 1025 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL6063, USA. 14 4 1992 © 1992 by Company of Biologists 1992 mechanoreceptors mechanical coupling fly wings Calliphora vomitoria The task of mechanosensory neurones is to translate the mechanical energies that impinge upon body...

...Valerie M. Pasztor; David L. Macmillan ABSTRACT A comparative survey is presented of the responsiveness of crustacean mechanoreceptors to the neurohormones proctolin, octopamine and serotonin. Seven identifiable primary afferents were examined in the crayfish Cherax destructor and the lobster...