Definition of mechanosensation in US English:
mechanosensation
nounˌmekəˌnōsenˈsāSHənˌmekəˌnōsenˈsāSHən
The process by which mechanical stimuli are translated into neuronal impulses. It is the physiological basis for sense experiences such as touch, hearing, and balance.
Example sentencesExamples
- In prokaryotes, mechanosensation is apparently limited to the detection of osmotic forces manifested as intracellular turgor pressure.
- All of the senses in the ear, as well as the lateral line system of fish, are based on mechanosensation: the detection of physical displacement.
- Blount and co-workers have recently detected a four amino acid motif NxxD in the TM1 helix and have speculated that it could represent a sensor in mechanosensation.
- MscL is currently the best-studied MS channel and it has become a model system for the study of mechanosensation.
- The interpretation of this observation was that the periplasmic loop had been proteolysed, that its integrity was not essential for mechanosensation, but that its cleavage enhanced mechanosensitivity.