The neural basis of tactile motion perception

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3023-3032

  Pei, Yu Cheng ^a,b   Bensmaia, Sliman J ^c,d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture problem; Cortex; Integration; Peripheral nerve; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84918564940     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00391.2014     Document Type: Article

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