SA1 and RA afferent responses to static and vibrating gratings

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1771-1782

  Bensmaia S J ^a,b   Craig, J C ^c   Yoshioka, T ^a   Johnson, K O ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MACACA; MONKEY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPIKE WAVE; TIME PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDIAN NERVE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; STIMULATION; TOUCH; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEDIAN NERVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION;

EID: 33645976861     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00877.2005     Document Type: Article

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