Tactile neural mechanisms in monotremes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 883-893

  Rowe, M J ^a   Mahns, D A ^a   Bohringer, R C ^a   Ashwell, K W S ^a   Sahai, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus; Evolution and sensory nerve function; Monotreme; Platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus; Somatosensory system; Tactile receptors; Tactile sensory function

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOREARM; FOREFOOT; GLABROUS SKIN; MEDIAN NERVE; MONOTREMATE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION SENSE;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0345299784     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2003.06.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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