Inhibitory impact of subliminal electrical finger stimulation on SI representation and perceptual sensitivity of an adjacent finger

NeuroImage

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1307-1313

  Taskin, Birol ^a   Holtze, Susanne ^a   Krause, Thomas ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Human; Inhibition; Lateral interaction; Psychophysics; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNEURON; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 37849005239     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.09.039     Document Type: Article

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