Comparing tactile pattern and vibrotactile frequency discrimination: A human fMRI study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3115-3122

  Hegner, Yiwen Li ^a   Lee, Ying ^b   Grodd, Wolfgang ^a   Braun, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBICULUM; TOUCH;

EID: 77953524492     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00940.2009     Document Type: Article

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