Human C-tactile afferents are tuned to the temperature of a skin-stroking caress

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2879-2883

  Ackerley, Rochelle ^a,b   Backlund Wasling, Helena ^a   Liljencrantz, Jaquette ^a,b   Olausson, Håkan ^b   Johnson, Richard D ^a,c   Wessberg, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

C fiber; Human; Low threshold mechanoreceptor; Somatosensory; Thermal; Touch

Indexed keywords

C-FIBER; HUMAN; LOW-THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTOR; SOMATOSENSORY; THERMAL; TOUCH;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894033072     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2847-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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