Independent responses of Pacinian and Non-Pacinian systems with hand-transmitted vibration detected from masked thresholds

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 69-84

  Morioka, Miyuki ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand transmitted vibration; Masked threshold; Nerve fibers; Perception; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NON PACINIAN SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE FIBERS; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 21244444703     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220500084644     Document Type: Article

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