Correlation of spatial event plots with simulated population responses of mechanoreceptive fibers

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 199-208

  Güçlü, Burak ^a,b   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a,b,c  

^a Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanoreceptor; Population response; Rapidly adapting fiber; Spatial event plot

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN; SPATIAL EVENT PLOT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TOUCH;

EID: 0346250190     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220310001623022     Document Type: Article

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