Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi by Subject "hairy skin"
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Measuring the tactile sense: Cortical mechanisms and clinical applications of tactile direction discrimination
(2011-03-18)Most of the studies aiming to investigate the human tactile sense are done on the glabrous skin. Still, there is a need for a quantitative method for evaluating nervous function of the hairy skin. Tactile direction ... -
The role of the human C-tactile system in affective somatosensation and pain
(2014-02-21)Affective touch perception in humans is a complex construct of input from mechanoreceptive afferents, current homeostatic state and contextual factors. Previously, a relationship has been identified between the pleasantness ...