ArticlePloS one2020
Temporal patterns in electrical nerve stimulation: Burst gap code shapes tactile frequency perception.
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- Contribution of remote Pacinian corpuscles to flutter-range frequency discrimination in humans.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Clinical Applications and Future Translation of Somatosensory Neuroprostheses.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Review
- Multiplexing intensity and frequency sensations for artificial touch by modulating temporal features of electrical pulse trains.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Exploring retinal ganglion cells encoding to multi-modal stimulation using 3D microelectrodes arrays.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- The burst gap is a peripheral temporal code for pitch perception that is shared across audition and touch.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Rhythm perception is shared between audio and haptics.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Frequency Shapes the Quality of Tactile Percepts Evoked through Electrical Stimulation of the Nerves.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
- Auditory clicks elicit equivalent temporal frequency perception to tactile pulses: A cross-modal psychophysical study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Tapping Into the Language of Touch: Using Non-invasive Stimulation to Specify Tactile Afferent Firing Patterns.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
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Abstract
We have previously described a novel temporal encoding mechanism in the somatosensory system, where mechanical pulses grouped into periodic bursts create a perceived tactile frequency based on the duration of the silent gap between bursts, rather than the mean rate or the periodicity. This coding strategy may offer new opportunities for transmitting information to the brain using various sensory neural prostheses and haptic interfaces. However, it was not known whether the same coding mechanisms apply when using electrical stimulation, which recruits a different spectrum of afferents. Here, we demonstrate that the predictions of the burst gap coding model for frequency perception apply to burst stimuli delivered with electrical pulses, re-emphasising the importance of the temporal structure of spike patterns in neural processing and perception of tactile stimuli. Reciprocally, the electrical stimulation data confirm that the results observed with mechanical stimulation do indeed depend on neural processing mechanisms in the central nervous system, and are not due to skin mechanical factors and resulting patterns of afferent activation.
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