Slowly adapting type I afferents from the sides and end of the finger respond to stimuli on the center of the fingerpad

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-64

  Bisley, James W ^a,b   Goodwin, Antony W ^a   Wheat, Heather E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; FINGER; FORCE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033916141     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.84.1.57     Document Type: Article

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