Tactile roughness discrimination of the finger pad relies primarily on vibration sensitive afferents not necessarily located in the hand

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 273-279

  Libouton, Xavier ^a,b   Barbier, Olivier ^b   Berger, Yorick ^a   Plaghki, Leon ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fingertip; Spatial resolution acuity; Tactile roughness perception; Vibrotaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856806689     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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