The neural basis of perceived intensity in natural and artificial touch

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 362, 2016, Pages

  Graczyk, Emily L ^a   Schiefer, Matthew A ^b   Saal, Hannes P ^c   Delhaye, Benoit P ^c   Bensmaia, Sliman J ^c   Tyler, Dustin J ^a,b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RELIABILITY; SENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SKIN NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REHABILITATION;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOMETRICS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84993990775     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf5187     Document Type: Article

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