The Helix: A multi-modal tactile stimulator for human functional neuroimaging

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-223

  Ingeholm, John E ^a   Dold, George R ^a   Pfeffer, Lawerence E ^a   Ide, David ^a   Goldstein, Seth R ^b   Johnson, Kenneth O ^c   Van Boven, Robert W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Human brain mapping; MRI compatible device; Somatosensory; Tactile stimulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33747157135     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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