divested axon terminal becomes slowly adapting. The capsule is therefore responsible for the corpuscle's selectivity for high-frequency stimuli. This is a result of the slippery lamellae sliding past each other when the corpuscle is structurally deformed by external pressure so that effects of sustained pressure are soon dissipated by the lamellae, abolishing deformation of the central axon terminal itself. The capsule thus acts as a physiological high-pass filter.

Function

Pacinian corpuscles

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