Ultra-late EEG potential evoked by preferential activation of unmyelinated tactile afferents in human hairy skin

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 535, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-66

  Ackerley, Rochelle ^a   Eriksson, Elin ^a   Wessberg, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C tactile fiber; Pleasant; Somatosensory cortex; Stroking; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE STIMULATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873253780     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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