A portable tactile sensory diagnostic device

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Tannan, V ^a   Dennis, R G ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Tommerdahl, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Discrimination; Stimulator; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STIMULATION; SKIN SURFACE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 34250643942     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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