Vibrotactile frequency discrimination in human hairy skin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1442-1450

  Mahns, D A ^a   Perkins, N M ^a   Sahai, V ^a   Robinson, L ^a   Rowe, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FINGER; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 33645959488     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00483.2005     Document Type: Article

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