Functional neuroimaging studies of human somatosensory cortex

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 147-158

  McGlone, Francis ^a   Kelly, Edward F ^b   Trulsson, Mats ^c   Francis, Susan T ^d   Westling, Göran ^e   Bowtell, Richard ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electroencephologram; FMRI; Mechanoreceptive afferent; Microneurography; Microstimulation; Somatosensory cortex; Touch; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037145081     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00144-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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