Validating a population model of tactile mechanotransduction of slowly adapting type i afferents at levels of skin mechanics, single-unit response and psychophysics

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-228

  Gerling, Gregory J ^a   Rivest, Isabelle I ^a   Lesniak, Daine R ^a   Scanlon, Jacob R ^a   Wan, Lingtian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; finite element model; leaky integrate and fire; mechanoreceptor; neural dynamics; psychophysics; SAI; sensation; skin mechanics; Tactile

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; MECHANICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPHERES;

INTEGRATE AND FIRES; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL DYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SAI; SENSATION; TACTILE;

NEURONS;

BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOUCH; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84903516700     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2013.36     Document Type: Article

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