Thalamo-cortical processing of near-threshold somatosensory stimuli in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1815-1822

  Klostermann, Fabian ^a   Wahl, Michael ^a   Schomann, Jesko ^a   Kupsch, Andreas ^a   Curio, Gabriel ^a   Marzinzik, Frank ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortex; Perceptual threshold; Somatosensory processing; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THALAMUS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350749588     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06970.x     Document Type: Article

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