Frequency-domain measurement of vibrotactile driving responses in first-order afferent populations

Exp Brain Res. 1996 Jun;109(3):500-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00229635.

Abstract

Surface recordings made at the wrist during moderate vibrotactile stimulation of a digit display rhythmic activity at the frequency of the driving stimulus. This activity is abolished by local anesthesia of the stimulated digit and by substitution of the corresponding digit of the opposite hand with the recording geometry and the load on the stimulator unchanged. Several additional features of the response are similarly incompatible with an artifactual origin in properties of the stimulus motion or the associated electromagnetic field, but consistent with previous neurophysiological observations. The frequency-domain analysis extends readily to the single-trial level, making the technique potentially useful for a variety of basic research and clinical purposes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Artifacts
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology*
  • Female
  • Fingers / innervation
  • Fingers / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurons, Afferent / physiology*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology
  • Time Factors
  • Touch / physiology*
  • Vibration*