First spikes in ensembles of human tactile afferents code complex spatial fingertip events

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-177

  Johansson, Roland S ^a   Birznieks, Ingvars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 1642580884     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1177     Document Type: Article

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