Tactile functions of mechanoreceptive afferents innervating the hand

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 539-558

  Johnson, Kenneth O ^a,b   Yoshioka, Takashi ^a   Vega Bermudez, Francisco ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Haptic; Mechanoreceptor; Neural coding; Neurophysiology; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

SLOW ADAPTING RECEPTOR;

GLABROUS SKIN; HAND; HUMAN; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034520534     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200011000-00002     Document Type: Review

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