Vibrotactile stimulus order effects in somatosensory cortical areas of rhesus monkeys

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 316-324

  Burton, H ^a   Sinclair, R J ^a   Whang, Ken ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OS Office of Minority Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Mechanoreception; Touch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND; MALE; MASKING; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031762347     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870727     Document Type: Article

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