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How Tactile Afferents in the Human Fingerpad Encode Tangential Torques Associated with Manipulation: Are Monkeys Better than Us?

Alastair J. Loutit, Heather E. Wheat, Heba Khamis, Richard M. Vickery, Vaughan G. Macefield and Ingvars Birznieks
Journal of Neuroscience 31 May 2023, 43 (22) 4033-4046; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023
Alastair J. Loutit
1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
2School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Heather E. Wheat
6Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Heba Khamis
1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
3Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Richard M. Vickery
1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
2School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
4Bionics and Bio-robotics, Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Vaughan G. Macefield
5Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
6Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
7Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Ingvars Birznieks
1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
2School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
4Bionics and Bio-robotics, Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023
PubMed 
37142429
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History 
  • Received June 23, 2022
  • Revision received April 14, 2023
  • Accepted April 17, 2023
  • First published May 4, 2023.
  • Version of record published May 31, 2023.
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  1. Alastair J. Loutit1,2,
  2. Heather E. Wheat6,*,
  3. Heba Khamis1,3,
  4. Richard M. Vickery1,2,4,
  5. Vaughan G. Macefield5,6,7, and
  6. Ingvars Birznieks1,2,4
  1. 1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
  2. 2School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
  3. 3Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
  4. 4Bionics and Bio-robotics, Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
  5. 5Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
  6. 6Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
  7. 7Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: H.E.W., V.G.M., and I.B. designed research; V.G.M. and I.B. performed research; H.E.W., H.K., R.M.V., V.G.M., and I.B. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; A.J.L. analyzed data; A.J.L. wrote the first draft of the paper; A.J.L., H.K., R.M.V., V.G.M., and I.B. edited the paper; A.J.L. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received June 23, 2022.
    • Revision received April 14, 2023.
    • Accepted April 17, 2023.
  • ↵*H. E. Wheat is now retired.

  • This project was funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC). We thank Prof. Antony W Goodwin for contribution to the inception of this study as well designing and providing stimulators from his laboratory. We thank Dr. Rachael Brown for help with spike sorting procedures.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Alastair J. Loutit at a.loutit{at}neura.edu.au

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  • Australian Research Council

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Journal of Neuroscience 31 May 2023, 43 (22) 4033-4046; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023

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Journal of Neuroscience 31 May 2023, 43 (22) 4033-4046; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023
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