Processing of vibrotactile inputs from hairy skin by neurons of the dorsal column nuclei in the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1451-1464

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; INFORMATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN; SPINE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION SENSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SENSORY NERVE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; HAIR; MECHANORECEPTORS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 33645975497     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00485.2005     Document Type: Article

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