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Electrocutaneous Stimulation of Skin Mechanoreceptors for Tactile Studies with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Electrocutaneous Stimulation of Skin Mechanoreceptors for Tactile Studies with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Valentina Hartwig, Claudia Cappelli, Nicola Vanello, Emiliano Ricciardi, Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Giulio Giovannetti, Maria Filomena Santarelli, Vincenzo Positano, Pietro Pietrini, Lu Landini
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
ISBN13: 9781599048895|ISBN10: 1599048892|EISBN13: 9781599048901
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch063
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Hartwig, Valentina, et al. "Electrocutaneous Stimulation of Skin Mechanoreceptors for Tactile Studies with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging." Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 497-504. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch063

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Hartwig, V., Cappelli, C., Vanello, N., Ricciardi, E., Scilingo, E. P., Giovannetti, G., Santarelli, M. F., Positano, V., Pietrini, P., & Landini, L. (2008). Electrocutaneous Stimulation of Skin Mechanoreceptors for Tactile Studies with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In N. Wickramasinghe & E. Geisler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems (pp. 497-504). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch063

Chicago

Hartwig, Valentina, et al. "Electrocutaneous Stimulation of Skin Mechanoreceptors for Tactile Studies with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging." In Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler, 497-504. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch063

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Abstract

To evoke specific sensations related to specific types of mechanoreceptors, we consider here the possibility of using electrotactile stimulation, varying the amplitude and the frequency of the stimulating electric signal, but maintaining the same waveform. According to a different specificity of the mechanoreceptors at different mechanical stimulus (Kaczmarek, Webster, Bach-y- Rita, & Tompkins, 1991), there might exist receptor specificity for different amplitude and frequency of electrical stimulus. In this case it could be possible to stimulate specifically several types of mechanoreceptors maintaining the same waveform and varying only its amplitude or frequency, with the possibility of creating a different sensation for tactile studies and augmented reality applications.

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