Cardiovascular and respiratory modulation of tactile afferents in the human finger pad

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 617-625

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FINGER; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TACTILE STIMULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0141523076     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/eph8802548     Document Type: Article

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