Temperature-sensitive neurons

Japanese: 温度感受性ニューロン - おんどかんじゅせいにゅーろん
Temperature-sensitive neurons

…The impulse in response to the temperature stimulus travels up the afferent fibers and is transmitted to the upper brain via the spinal cord. The central nervous system also produces two types of local temperature responses, hot and cold, but because their morphology has not yet been clarified, they are called temperature-sensitive neurons instead of receptors. The most important function is played by neurons in the area at the base of the brain called the preoptic area and anterior hypothalamus. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "temperature-sensitive neurons" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…温度刺激に応じたインパルスは,求心繊維を上行し,脊髄を経て上位脳へ伝えられる。中枢神経系でも温冷2種の局所温度応答が得られるが,その形態がまだ明らかにされていないので,受容器の代りに温度感受性ニューロンと呼ばれている。最も重要な働きをしているのは脳底部の視束前野・前視床下部と呼ばれる領域のニューロンである。…

※「温度感受性ニューロン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Reading aloud - Ondoku

>>:  Temperature sensation

Lek
Lek
Blog    

Recommend

American One-Toadflax

...Other species of unknown and rare trees are al...

Iwasa Katsumochi

Year of death: June 22, 1650 (July 20, 1650) Year ...

Type 38 rifle

This rifle was established by the Imperial Japane...

Mimosa pudica - Mimosa pudica

Scientific Name: Mimosa pudica Plants. Annual plan...

Stump-tailed monkey

…An ugly Old World monkey of the Cercopithecidae ...

Kazasukeru - Kazasukeru

In this respect, they were different from the ula...

Litonia

A non-cold-tolerant bulbous plant of the lily fami...

Mosquito Wrestling - Kazumo

…In French, it can refer to a noisy or persistent...

Kotetsu

[Raw]? Echizen [Died] Enpo 5 (1677). A master craf...

Volume 1 - Jokan

〘Noun〙 (formerly called "jogan") The fir...

Occupational insurance/community insurance

There are two types of insurance: insurance groups...

Miyazaki Shrine

It is located in Miyazaki City's Jingu Shrine...

Otariidae

...A general term for mammals belonging to the Ot...

Mitre, Bartolomé

Born: June 26, 1821, Buenos Aires Died January 18,...

Project Gemini

Following the Mercury project, which was a one-sea...