Response properties of primary afferents supplying Eimer's organ

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 765-780

  Marasco, Paul D ^a   Catania, Kenneth C ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional tuning; Epidermis; Free nerve ending; Insectivore; Merkel cell; Mole; Phase locking; Receptive field; Sense; Skin; Touch; Trigeminal ganglion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MERKEL CELL; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); NOSE; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; UNITED STATES;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; MERKEL CELLS; MOLES; NOSE; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

CONDYLURA CRISTATA; INSECTIVORA; SCAPANUS ORARIUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 34147139367     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02690     Document Type: Article

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