THE RELATION BETWEEN NERVE FIBER SIZE AND SENSORY MODALITY
- 1 February 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 128 (2) , 89-114
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-195912820-00001
Abstract
A point of view is presented to show that one fiber size group mediating one mod-ality or quality of sensory effect, (with some discrepancies) is related to a scheme of phylogenetic overlays inherited from our ancestors, each successive stage of which contributed to a multiple sensory supply adequate to its possessor.Keywords
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