Effects of a dorsal column lesion on temporal processing within the somatosensory system of primates

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-267

  Makous, James C ^a,b   Friedman, Robert M ^a   Vierck Jr , Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Cutaneous stimulation; Dorsal columns; Evoked potentials; Somesthesis

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HINDLIMB; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029842594     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227644     Document Type: Article

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