Feeling good: On the role of C fiber mediated touch in interoception

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Bjornsdotter M ^a   Morrison, I ^a   Olausson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C fiber; Interoception; Touch

Indexed keywords

A BETA FIBER; BRAIN; C FIBER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULA; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; WELLBEING;

ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78549241584     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2408-y     Document Type: Review

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