Proximal receptors and the mechanical stimulation of the fingers: A somatosensory evoked potential study

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-29

  Manzano, G M ^a,b   Kohn, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Mechanical stimulation; Mechanoreceptors; Muscle spindle; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SCALP; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033964979     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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