SA1 and RA receptive fields, response variability, and population responses mapped with a probe array

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2701-2710

  Vega Bermudez, F ^a   Johnson, K O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FINGER; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033057507     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.2701     Document Type: Article

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