Neural coding mechanisms underlying perceived roughness of finely textured surfaces

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 6905-6916

  Yoshioka, T ^a   Gibb, B ^a   Dorsch, A K ^a   Hsiao, S S ^a   Johnson, K O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine texture; Grating; Macaque; Mechanoreceptor; PC; Peripheral nerve; Psychophysical roughness magnitude; RA; Roughness; SA1; Somatosensory; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MACACA; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0035450001     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-17-06905.2001     Document Type: Article

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