Fingers - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Characterization of a novel C8 phasic muscle stretch reflex.

29 Sep 2009 Muscle stretch reflexes (MSRs) are fundamental to the neurologic examination. Although the fifth, sixth, and seventh cervical roots have appropriate and easily elicited MSRs, the C8 level does not. The C8 reflex is obtained by tapping the thenar ... Read more...

Static and dynamic human flexor tendon-pulley interaction.

26 Jul 2009 The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of a preceding flexion or extension movement on the static interaction of human finger flexor tendons and pulleys concerning flexion torque being generated. Six human fresh frozen cadaver long ... Read more...

Slowly adapting mechanoreceptors in the borders of the human fingernail encode fingertip forces.

20 Jul 2009 There are clusters of slowly adapting (SA) mechanoreceptors in the skin folds bordering the nail. These "SA-IInail" afferents, which constitute nearly one fifth of the tactile afferents innervating the fingertip, possess the general discharge ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fingers - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Characterization of a novel C8 phasic muscle stretch reflex. 29 Sep 2009
• Static and dynamic human flexor tendon-pulley interaction. 26 Jul 2009
• Slowly adapting mechanoreceptors in the borders of the human fingernail encode fingertip forces. 20 Jul 2009
• The effect of high-frequency cutaneous vibration on different inputs subserving detection of joint movement. 9 Jul 2009
• Coin rotation task (CRT): a new test of motor dexterity. 8 Jul 2009
• Maximal voluntary fingertip force production is not limited by movement speed in combined motion and force tasks. 6 Jul 2009
• Tactile perception of roughness: raised-dot spacing, density and disposition. 3 Jul 2009
• Motor unit firing variability and synchronization during short-term light-load training in older adults. 2 Jul 2009
• Models for the extrapolation of target motion for manual interception. 29 Jun 2009
• Fingerprints are unlikely to increase the friction of primate fingerpads. 29 Jun 2009
• Manual digital pressures during knuckle-walking in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). 29 Jun 2009
• Human neocortical electrical activity recorded on nonpenetrating microwire arrays: applicability for neuroprostheses. 29 Jun 2009
• Classification of contralateral and ipsilateral finger movements for electrocorticographic brain-computer interfaces. 29 Jun 2009
• Diversity of grip in Macaca mulatta. 28 Jun 2009
• Information about complex fingertip parameters in individual human tactile afferent neurons. 22 Jun 2009
• Evaluation of endothelial function using finger plethysmography. 20 Jun 2009
• Rapid slowing of maximal finger movement rate: fatigue of central motor control? 11 Jun 2009
• Trajectory of the index finger during grasping. 10 Jun 2009
• Single-trial analysis of cortical oscillatory activities during voluntary movements using empirical mode decomposition (EMD)-based spatiotemporal approach. 10 Jun 2009
• Prenatal alcohol exposure and interhemispheric transfer of tactile information: Detroit and Cape Town findings. 8 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Fingers'

Descriptor UI: D005385

Alternative terms: Fingers; Finger;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; embryology; growth & development; innervation; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; surgery; ultrasonography; virology; transplantation;

Tree Number: A01.378.800.667.430;

Technical Notes: primates only: TN 117; /inj = FINGER INJURIES but consider also THUMB /inj; TN 238: differentiation from FINGER JOINT & indexing instructions; NIM when merely locational as in HAND DERMATOSES (IM)