1993
Responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to the shape of objects applied to the primate fingerpad
LaMotte R, Srinivasan M. Responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to the shape of objects applied to the primate fingerpad. Acta Psychologica 1993, 84: 41-51. PMID: 8237455, DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(93)90071-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAfferent PathwaysAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaEvoked Potentials, SomatosensoryFingersHaplorhiniMechanoreceptorsMedian NerveNerve FibersSkinStereognosisUlnar Nerve
1988
Chapter 39 Psychophysical and neurophysiological studies of chemically induced cutaneous pain and itch The case of the missing nociceptor
LaMotte R. Chapter 39 Psychophysical and neurophysiological studies of chemically induced cutaneous pain and itch The case of the missing nociceptor. Progress In Brain Research 1988, 74: 331-335. PMID: 3187041, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)63033-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansNervous System Physiological PhenomenaNeurophysiologyNociceptorsPainPruritusPsychophysicsSkinConceptsCutaneous painInjection siteNeurophysiological studiesPeripheral nerve fibersSensation of painCapsaicin painInjection painMechanical hyperesthesiaHeat hyperalgesiaHeat nociceptorsIntradermal injectionCutaneous receptorsNerve fibersHistamine dihydrochloridePainNociceptorsCapsaicinGreater painItchAllodyniaHyperesthesiaFurther investigationCandidate mechanismInjectionSensation