Phasic receptor

Phasic receptor

A phasic receptor is a sensory receptor that returns to its resting potential even though the stimulus is still applied.

The process by which the magnitude of the generator potential decreases, even when the stimulus is maintained, is called adaptation.

Common examples

*Pacinian corpuscles.

ee also

*Tonic receptor
*Phasic transmitter

External links

* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?highlight=receptor,phasic&rid=neurosci.section.610&WebEnv=0v8dVWn5XBEiia4OuFIGDemyLpQVR3dboM9U9tW26oLltxjjLIakMDHB96NkjIcETzt_1VuuecsD8%40264C4AA46EF5C0E0_0061SID&WebEnvRq=1 Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Somatic Sensory Receptors] in "Neuroscience", ISBN 0-87893-742-0
* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1302995 Tonic and Phasic Receptor Neurons in the Vertebrate Olfactory Epithelium]


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