Differential effects of tactile high- and low-frequency stimulation on tactile discrimination in human subjects

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ragert, Patrick ^a,b,c   Kalisch, Tobias ^a   Bliem, Barbara ^a   Franzkowiak, Stephanie ^a   Dinse, Hubert R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SKIN STIMULATION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FINGER; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULATION; TIME; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FINGERS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 39149125812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-9-9     Document Type: Article

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