The world of touch - From evoked potentials to conscious perception

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-17

  McComas, Alan J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; DENDRITE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; TOUCH;

EID: 0033024440     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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