期刊
COGNITIVE NEURODYNAMICS
卷 13, 期 3, 页码 293-302出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-018-9507-z
关键词
Merkel cell-neurite complex; SAI mechanoreceptor; Strain energy density; Tactile neural network
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [11232005, 11472104, 61633010, 61473110]
The present study aimed to identify the mechanism of tactile sensation by analyzing the regularity of the firing pattern of Merkel cell-neurite complex (MCNC) under the stimulation of different compression depths. The fingertips were exposed to the contact pressure of a spherical object to sense external stimuli in this study. The distribution structure of slowly adapting type I (SAI) mechanoreceptors was considered for analyzing the neural coding of tactile stimuli, especially the firing pattern of SAI neural network for perceiving the external stimulation. The numerical simulation results showed that (1) when the skin was pressed by the same sphere and the depth of the pressing finger skin and position of the force application point remained unchanged, the firing rate of the neuron depended on the synergistic effect of the number of receptors connected with the neuron and the distance between the neuron and the force application point. (2) When the fingertip was pressed by the same sphere at a constant depth and the different contact position, the overall firing rate of the MCNC neural network increased with the number of SAI mechanoreceptors in the area where the force application point was located.
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