Peripheral neural mechanisms determining the orientation of cylinders grasped by the digits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 521-530

  Dodson, M J ^a   Goodwin, A W ^a   Browning, A S ^b   Gehring, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature; Cutaneous afferent; Cylinder; Finger; Grasp; Mechanoreceptor; Shape; Skin mechanics; Tactile orientation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0031963934     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-01-00521.1998     Document Type: Article

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