Frequency-domain measurement of vibrotactile driving responses in first-order afferent populations

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 500-506

  Kelly, Edward F ^a   McLaughlin, Debra F ^a,f   Dunseath, W J Ross ^a,b   Folger, Stephen ^c   Jones Jr , Franky ^d   Hudnell, H Kenneth ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency domain analysis; Mechanoreceptor population responses; Sensory nerve recording; Somatosensation; Vibrotaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SENSORY NERVE; TACTILE STIMULATION; WRIST;

EID: 0029890446     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00229635     Document Type: Article

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