Tactile sensory function in the forearm of the monotreme Tachyglossus aculeatus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 459, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-185

  Mahns, David A ^a   Coleman, Gordon T ^a   Ashwell, Ken W S ^a   Rowe, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution and sensory nerve function; Mechanosensitive fibers; Sensory nerves; Tactile nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOREARM; MAMMAL; MONOTREMATE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOUCH; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; FOREARM; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0037471435     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10624     Document Type: Article

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