Multiscale Mechanical Model of the Pacinian Corpuscle Shows Depth and Anisotropy Contribute to the Receptor’s Characteristic Response to Indentation
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PC long-axis strain for horizontal and vertical PC alignment in skin mesh.
Surface indentation sensitivity plot showing the long-axis strain along the PC resulting from 10 μm indentation at various nodes along the surface of the skin in a PC oriented with its long axis parallel to the surface of the skin (left, Horizontal) and its long axis perpendicular to the surface of the skin (right, Vertical). Both models contain a dermally-embedded PC. The dotted black line indicates the position of a quarter of the PC beneath the surface of the skin. The scale bars indicate the long-axis strain values for each model.