Cutaneous texture discrimination following transection of the dorsal spinal column in monkeys

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-315

  Vierck Jr , Charles J ^a   Cooper, Brian Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal columns; Roughness; Spinal lesion; Texture discrimination; Touch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT; GLABROUS SKIN; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRAINING;

EID: 7844225897     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870718     Document Type: Article

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