Somatosensory processing of the tongue in humans

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 1 NOV, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sakamoto, Kiwako ^a,b   Nakata, Hiroki ^a,c   Yumoto, Masato ^b   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FMRI; Maxillofacial; MEG; Oral; SI; SII; Tongue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865976688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2010.00136     Document Type: Review

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