Dynamic representations of the somatosensory cortex

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-170

  Tommerdahl, Mark ^a   Favorov, Oleg V ^a   Whitsel, Barry L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Cortex; Frequency; Ipsilateral; Minicolumn; SI; SII; Somatosensory; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 70350572852     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.08.009     Document Type: Review

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