The race to the nociceptor: mechanical versus temperature effects in thermal pain of dental neurons

• 作 者: Min Lin Fusheng Liu Shaobao Li
• 机 构: TheKeyLaboratoryofBiomedicalInformationEngineeringoftheMinistryofEducation,BioinspiredEngineeringand
• 出 处: 力学学报：英文版
• 发表日期: 2017年2期
• 关键词: THERMOMECHANICS Dentinal fluid flow DENTAL NEURON Neural discharge pattern Time
• 基金项目: supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 11372243, 11522219, 11532009, and 11402192),,the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grants 2016qngz03, 2015q

The sensing of hot and cold stimuli by dental neurons differs in several fundamental ways. These sensations have been characterized quantitatively through the measured time course of neural discharge signals that result from hot or cold stimuli applied to