Cutaneous afferents from the monkeys fingers: Responses to tangential and normal forces

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 950-961

  Wheat, H E ^a   Salo, L M ^a   Goodwin, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; FORCE; GLABROUS SKIN; GRIP STRENGTH; MECHANORECEPTOR; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE; TANGENTIAL FORCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; FINGERS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOUCH;

EID: 76649130918     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00502.2009     Document Type: Article

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