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Somatosensory Mechanisms

Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, June 8–10, 1983

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Curt Euler

    1. Department of Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Ove Franzén

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

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  3. Ulf Lindblom

    1. Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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  4. David Ottoson

    1. Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introductory Lecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Cortical Mechanisms of Somatosensations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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  4. Peripheraland Integrative Mechanisms of Somatosensation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    4. Role of Single Mechanoreceptor Units in Tactile Sensation

      • H. E. Torebjörk, J. L. Ochoa, W. J. L. Schady
      Pages 173-183

    5. Size Perception and Localisation of Sensations from Single Mechanoreceptive Units in Man

      • W. J. L. Schady, H. E. Torebjörk, J. L. Ochoa
      Pages 185-196

    6. Can Sympathetic Outflow Influence Afferent Activity in Man?

      • Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin, Rolf G. Hallin
      Pages 197-211

    7. Peripheral Coding Mechanisms of Touch Velocity

      • Ove Franzén, Floyd Thompson, Barry Whitsel, Michael Young
      Pages 213-226

    8. Velocity of Indentation as a Variable in Tactile Sensation

      • Dan R. Kenshalo Sr., Joel D. Greenspan, Ross Henderson
      Pages 227-235
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Curt Euler

  • Department of Psychology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

    Ove Franzén

  • Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Ulf Lindblom

  • Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    David Ottoson

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Somatosensory Mechanisms

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, June 8–10, 1983

  • Editors: Curt Euler, Ove Franzén, Ulf Lindblom, David Ottoson

  • Series Title: Wenner-Gren Symposium

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07292-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Wenner-Gren Center 1984

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07292-7Published: 03 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0083-7989

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-0528

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 396

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Zoology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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