Effects of stimulus duration on neuronal response properties in the somatosensory cortex of the star-nosed mole

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 272-278

  Sachdev, R N S ^a   Catania, Kenneth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanosensory; Rapidly adapting; S1; Slowly adapting; Tactile; Touch

Indexed keywords

SLOW ADAPTING RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; MOLE RAT; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SURFACE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MECHANORECEPTORS; MERKEL CELLS; MOLES; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE NET; NEURITES; NEURONS; NOSE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH;

EID: 0036910394     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022021000037737     Document Type: Article

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