Periodic microstimulation of single mechanoreceptive afferents produces frequency-following responses in human EEG

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-144

  Kelly, Edward F ^a   Trulsson, Mats ^b   Folger, Stephen E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031018568     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.137     Document Type: Article

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