Encoding of direction of fingertip forces by human tactile afferents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 8222-8237

  Birznieks, Ingvars ^a   Jenmalm, Per ^a   Goodwin, Antony W ^b   Johansson, Roland S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mechanoreceptors; Directional sensitivity; Fingertip force; Human hand; Microneurography; Tactile afferents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TOUCH;

EID: 0035887593     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-20-08222.2001     Document Type: Article

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