Frequency-dependent response of SI RA-class neurons to vibrotactile stimulation of the receptive field

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 263-285

  Whitsel, B L ^a   Kelly, E F ^a   Xu, M ^a   Tommerdahl, M ^a   Quibrera, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Flutter; Frequency discrimination; Periodicity coding; Somatosensory; Spike discharge entrainment; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROELECTRODE; MONKEY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPIKE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MACACA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SAIMIRI; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIBIAL NERVE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0035667611     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590120089659     Document Type: Article

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