Neuronal correlates of tactile speed in primary somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1554-1566

  Dépeault, Alexandra ^a   Meftah, El Mehdi ^a   Chapman, C Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monkey; S1; Speed scaling; Tactile motion; Temporal frequency; Texture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLORHINI; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

MONKEY; S1; SPEED SCALING; TACTILE MOTION; TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; TEXTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884959948     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00675.2012     Document Type: Article

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