Neural Mechanisms of Tactile Motion Integration in Somatosensory Cortex

Neuron

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 536-547

  Pei, Yu Cheng ^a,b,c   Hsiao, Steven S ^a,b   Craig, James C ^d   Bensmaia, Sliman J ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79551678645     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.12.033     Document Type: Article

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