Cutaneous sensory spots and the "law of specific nerve energies": History and development of ideas

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 457-465

  Norrsell, Ulf ^a   Finger, Stanley ^b   Lajonchere, Clara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool; Modality; Pain; Somatosensory; Touch; Warm

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN; THERMORECEPTOR; TOUCH; UNITED STATES;

GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES; NOCICEPTORS; PORTRAITS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN; THERMORECEPTORS; TOUCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033558529     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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