Tactile directional sensibility: Peripheral neural mechanisms in man

Brain Research

Volumn 866, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 178-187

  Olausson, Håkan ^a,b,d   Wessberg, Johan ^a   Kakuda, Naoyuki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human; Mechanoreceptor; Microneurography; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TOUCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

EID: 0034595766     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02278-2     Document Type: Article

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