1990
Tactile detection of slip: surface microgeometry and peripheral neural codes
Srinivasan M, Whitehouse J, LaMotte R. Tactile detection of slip: surface microgeometry and peripheral neural codes. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1990, 63: 1323-1332. PMID: 2358880, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1990.63.6.1323.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1986
Tactile detection of a dot on a smooth surface: peripheral neural events
LaMotte R, Whitehouse J. Tactile detection of a dot on a smooth surface: peripheral neural events. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1986, 56: 1109-1128. PMID: 3097273, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1986.56.4.1109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of impulsesVon Frey filamentsPeripheral nerve fibersAnesthetized macaque monkeysReceptive fieldsFiber recordingsNerve fibersMacaque monkeysAction potentialsCertain stimulus conditionsNerve impulsesMagnitude of sensationTactile detectionSensory magnitudeStimulus conditionsResponse of RACapacity of humansSensory detectionNeural eventsMechanical eventsMonkeysSame stimuliSkinSensationRA