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 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