Search for dissertations about: "modalitysegregation"

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2. 1. New functional and anatomical aspects of the organisation of human peripheral nerve

   Author : Rolf Ekedahl; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Somatosensory system; Peripheral nerve organisation; somatotopy; modalitysegregation; cutaneous mechanoreceptors; Human.Huddinge 1996;

   Abstract : The functional topography of peripheral nerves has been studied by various indirect electrophysiological and histological methods. Even though some studies have suggested the presence of a somatotopical arrangement of nerve fibres, the prevailing view is that a random distribution of nerve fibres develops in the nerve due to the repeated rearrangement of nerve fascicles along their centripetal course. READ MORE