Novel information on peripheral tactile mechanisms in man acquired with concentric needle electrode microneurography

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-18

  Hallin, R G ^a,b   Wu, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode microneurography; Human nerve; Somatotopy; Tactile mechanisms

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; SENSORY NERVE; TOUCH;

CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINGERS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RANVIER'S NODES; TOUCH;

EID: 0037145080     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00149-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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