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The frequency-response characteristics of cold and warm receptors are certainly not those of well-designed temperature sensors. This is particularly true for the static impulse frequencies: the temperature coefficient of the impulse frequency changes from positive to negative just in a mid-temperature range of static activity.
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Braun, H.A., Schäfer, K., Wissing, H. (1990). Theories and Models of Temperature Transduction. In: Bligh, J., Voigt, K., Braun, H.A., Brück, K., Heldmaier, G. (eds) Thermoreception and Temperature Regulation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75076-2_3
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