Spatial summation in the tactile sensory system: Probability summation and neural integration

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-268

  Gescheider, George A ^a,b   Güçlü, Burak ^c   Sexton, Jessica L ^a   Karalunas, Sarah ^a   Fontana, Anne ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^c BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mechanoreception; Neural integration; Pacinian corpuscles; Probability summation; Somatosensation; Spatial summation; Tactile sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE MEMBRANE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 33644623687     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220500420236     Document Type: Article

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