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Spindle-like structures in the dermis and close to joints in which the terminals of a fast conducting myelinated afferent axon are situated. The structure serves as a slowly adapting mechanosensor particularly sensitive to shear forces in skin or joints. The transducer molecules are probably situated in the nerve terminals.
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(2013). Ruffini Receptor. In: Gebhart, G.F., Schmidt, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28753-4_201947
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