Tactile-spatial and cross-modal attention effects in the second somatosensory and 7b cortical areas of rhesus monkeys

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 237-267

  Burton, H ^a   Sinclair, R J ^a   Hong, S Y ^a   Pruett Jr , J R ^a   Whang, K C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Rhesus monkeys; Selective attention; Single neuron responses; Somatosensory cortex; Vibrotactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; HAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RHESUS MONKEY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOUCH;

EID: 0031457184     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229770971     Document Type: Article

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