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Sensory Receptor Cells

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Definition: Specialized afferent neurons capable of transducing sensory stimuli into NERVE IMPULSES to be transmitted to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Sometimes sensory receptors for external stimuli are called exteroceptors; for internal stimuli are called interoceptors and proprioceptors.     
Examples Chemoreceptor Cells; Mechanoreceptors; Nociceptors; Photoreceptor Cells; Thermoreceptors 		Other names Receptors, Neural; Neuroreceptors; Neurons, Sensory; Nerve Endings, Sensory; Sensory Receptor Cell; Sensory Receptor; Sensory Neuron; Sensory Nerve Endings; Sensory Nerve Ending; Receptor, Sensory; Receptor, Neural; Receptor Cells, Sensory; Receptor Cell, Sensory; Neuroreceptor; Neuron, Sensory; Neural Receptor; Nerve Ending, Sensory; Sensory Receptors; Sensory Neurons; Receptors, Sensory
 
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GUST27 receptor, rat  0   *Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled Sensory Receptor Cells. J Biol Chem 1993 Jun 5;268(16):12033-9

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