Encoding of tangential torque in responses of tactile afferent fibres innervating the fingerpad of the monkey

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1057-1072

  Birznieks, Ingvars ^a   Wheat, Heather E ^b   Redmond, Stephen J ^c   Salo, Lauren M ^b   Lovell, Nigel H ^c   Goodwin, Antony W ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; INNERVATION; LATENT PERIOD; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDIAN NERVE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; TORQUE; TOUCH; FINGERPAD; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND STRENGTH; MACACA NEMESTRINA; SKIN RECEPTOR; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MEDIAN NERVE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; TOUCH;

EID: 77952947253     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.185314     Document Type: Article

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