Time-dependence of SI RA neuron response to cutaneous flutter stimulation

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-69

  Whitsel, B L ^a,c   Kelly, E F ^b   Quibrera, M ^a   Tommerdahl, M ^a   Li, Y ^a   Favorov, O V ^a,d   Xu, M ^a   Metz, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Information processing; Neural coding; Response synchrony; Somatosensation; Vibrotaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; DYNAMICS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SPIKE; VISION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SAIMIRI; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 0344942441     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022031000083834     Document Type: Article

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