Shape invariant coding of motion direction in somatosensory cortex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Pei, Yu Cheng ^a,b,c   Hsiao, Steven S ^a,b   Craig, James C ^a,d   Bensmaia, Sliman J ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACACA; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIMATE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; TOUCH;

DUDLEYA EDULIS; PRIMATES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 77249144391     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000305     Document Type: Article

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