sensory perception of mechanical stimulus

Term ID

GO:0050954

Synonyms

• chemi-mechanical coupling
• mechanosensory perception
• perception of mechanical stimulus

Definition

The series of events required for an organism to receive a sensory mechanical stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. This is a neurological process.

References

Ontology

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