title: Minimal two-point discrimination in human tongue and palate.
abstract: The distribution of minimal two-point discrimination values on the tongue and soft palate was investigated in normal subjects using electric stimulation. It was performed using square pulses of 0.35 ms duration, a rate 10 Hz, a voltage between 3.5 and 7.0 with an average of 4.09 using two silver-silver chloride electrodes (tip diameter, 0.4 mm), and a strain-guage device to control crimping pressure. The spatial threshold was 1.650 +/- 0.433 mm at the tongue tip and 2.650 +/- 0.856 mm and 1.675 +/- 0.269 mm on the anterior margin of each side of the tongue. The soft palate and lingual dorsum were almost completely insensitive. Electric stimulation is a convenient method of measuring two-point limen values.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Physiology and Biocybernetics, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, West Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeyama
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Plattig
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000502:physiology*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology*