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Progress in Sensory Physiology pp 81–118Cite as

Mechanoreception in Ciliates

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Part of the book series: Progress in Sensory Physiology ((PHYSIOLOGY,volume 5))

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Living cells share the ability to react to environmental stimuli, such as touch, light, chemicals or temperature. During stimulus reception, external energy is translated and amplified into electrical signals by means of physicochemical processes.

This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SFB 114, TP A5

Dedicated to Professor B. Rensch on the occasion of his 85th birthday

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  1. Fakultät für Biologie, Ruhr-Universität, 4630, Bochum, Germany

    H. Machemer

  2. Institut für Zoologie I, Universität Düsseldorf, 4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    J. W. Deitmer

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  1. Zoologisches Institut der, Universität München, Luisenstraße 14, 8000, München 2, Germany

    Hansjochem Autrum

  2. Fysiologiska Institutionen II, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1, 10401, Stockholm 60, Sweden

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  3. Department of Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Edward R. Perl

  4. Physiologisches Institut der Universität, Röntgenring 9, 8700, Würzburg, Germany

    Robert F. Schmidt

  5. Department of Neurophysiology, University of Tokyo, Institute of Brain Research, 7.3.1. Hongo, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Shimazu

  6. The Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, 77550, Galveston, TX, USA

    William D. Willis

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Machemer, H., Deitmer, J.W. (1985). Mechanoreception in Ciliates. In: Autrum, H., Ottoson, D., Perl, E.R., Schmidt, R.F., Shimazu, H., Willis, W.D. (eds) Progress in Sensory Physiology. Progress in Sensory Physiology, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70408-6_2

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