Neural codes for somatosensory two-point discrimination in inferior parietal lobule: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 852-858

  Akatsuka, Kosuke ^a,b,c   Noguchi, Yasuki ^a   Harada, Tokiko ^a   Sadato, Norihiro ^a,b   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 40649112571     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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