Somatosensory information processing in the aging population

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Zhang, Zheng ^a   Francisco, Eric M ^a   Holden, Jameson K ^a   Dennis, Robert G ^a   Tommerdahl, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aging; Plasticity; Sensory; Somatosensory; Tactile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859718625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2011.00018     Document Type: Article

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