Clustering of Pacinian corpuscle afferent fibres in the human median nerve

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-409

  Wu, Gang ^d   Ekedahl, Rolf ^d   Stark, Birgit ^d   Carlstedt, Thomas ^a   Nilsson, Bruno ^b   Hallin, Rolf G ^c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cutaneous mechanoreceptor; Human; Microneurography; Pacinian afferent; Peripheral nerve; Vibrotactile stimuli

Indexed keywords

SLOW ADAPTING RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FIBERS; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032969894     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050746     Document Type: Article

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