Receptive field properties of the macaque second somatosensory cortex: Representation of orientation on different finger pads

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 6473-6484

  Fitzgerald, Paul J ^a   Lane, John W ^a   Thakur, Pramodsingh H ^a   Hsiao, Steven S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Object recognition; Orientation; Receptive field; SII; Somatosensory cortex; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINGER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORIENTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33745773332     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5057-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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