A fovea for pain at the fingertips

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 496-500

  Mancini, Flavia ^a,b   Sambo, Chiara F ^a   Ramirez, Juan D ^c   Bennett, David L H ^c,d   Haggard, Patrick ^b   Iannetti, Gian Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LASER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN PERCEPTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

DUDLEYA EDULIS;

EID: 84875276754     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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