Johan Wessberg

The paper studies how different mechanoreceptor afferents encode multiple aspects of touch during sliding contact, showing that FA-1 afferents respond to force, velocity, and spatial period, while SA-1 afferents mainly respond to force.

The paper investigates the distribution and physiological properties of C-tactile afferents in human arm and leg nerves, finding they are more sparse in the lower leg and insensitive to menthol and histamine.

The paper uses intraneural microstimulation combined with MEG to study cortical responses to touch afferents, finding consistent beta rhythm modulation in primary somatosensory cortex.