Difference in somatosensory evoked fields elicited by mechanical and electrical stimulations: Elucidation of the human homunculus by a noninvasive method

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 274-283

  Inoue, Ken ^a   Shirai, Takushi ^a   Nakanishi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Hashizume, Akira ^a   Harada, Toshihide ^a   Mimori, Yasuyo ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homunculus; Human; Magnetoencephalography; N20m; P40m; Primary somatosensory cortex; SEFs; Somatosensory evoked fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DECOMPRESSION; DIPOLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HOMUNCULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; TIBIA;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; TOES;

EID: 16344375068     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20089     Document Type: Article

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