Texture sensation through the fingertips and the whiskers

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-327

  Diamond, Mathew E ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN CELL; FINGER; HUMAN; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION SENSE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; FINGERS; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77954760417     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.03.004     Document Type: Review

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