G. K. Essick

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

15h-index1.9kcitations20works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Tactile and Sensory Interactions(12), Visual perception and processing mechanisms(11), Motor Control and Adaptation(6), Multisensory perception and integration(4), Neural dynamics and brain function(3)

Publications20 total

Auto-adjusting mandibular repositioning device for in-home use
2016· 5 cited
Adaptation of Oral Processing to the Fracture Properties of Soft Solids
Journal of Texture Studies·2013· 69 cited
Sleep Apnea Symptoms and Risk of Temporomandibular Disorder
Journal of Dental Research·2013· 160 citedOpen Access
Food Oral Processing: Conversion of Food Structure to Textural Perception
Annual Review of Food Science and Technology·2012· 162 cited
Functional properties of low-threshold mechanoreceptive afferents in the human labial mucosa
Experimental Brain Research·2009· 31 cited
Auditory cortex involvement in processing inaudible vibrotactile inputs: Differences between tactile hypo- and hyper-sensitive groups: 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
2009
SI Neuron Response Variability Is Stimulus Tuned and NMDA Receptor Dependent
Journal of Neurophysiology·1999· 21 cited
A novel approach for studying direction discrimination
Birkhäuser Basel eBooks·1996· 7 cited
Gender-, side- and site-dependent variations in human perioral spatial resolution
Archives of Oral Biology·1995· 55 cited
Effect of stimulus force on perioral direction discrimination: Clinical implications
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery·1994· 11 cited
The Response of SI Directionally Selective Neurons to Stimulus Motion Occurring at Two Sites within the Receptive Field
Somatosensory & Motor Research·1993· 8 cited
Directional Sensitivity along the Upper Limb in Humans
Somatosensory & Motor Research·1991· 29 cited
Corticocortical connections of anatomically and physiologically defined subdivisions within the inferior parietal lobule
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·1990· 812 cited
Effects of trauma to the mandibular nerve on human perioral directional sensitivity
Archives of Oral Biology·1990· 24 cited
Effects of traverse length on human perioral directional sensitivity
Journal of the Neurological Sciences·1989· 26 cited
The Capacity of Human Subjects to Process Directional Information Provided at Two Skin Sites
Somatosensory & Motor Research·1988· 20 cited
Neurons of area 7 activated by both visual stimuli and oculomotor behavior
Experimental Brain Research·1987· 305 cited
Dependence of Subjective Traverse Length on Velocity of Moving Tactile Stimuli
Somatosensory Research·1986· 50 cited
Factors influencing cutaneous directional sensitivity: A correlative psychophysical and neurophysiological investigation
Brain Research Reviews·1985· 56 cited
An analysis of variability in somatosensory cortical neuron discharge
Journal of Neurophysiology·1977· 30 cited

Frequent Co-authors

B. L. Whitsel(8), Douglas G. Kelly(5), RA Andersen(2), Ralph M. Siegel(2), H. Koç(2), Christopher J. Vinyard(2), E. Allen Foegeding(2), Philip Dolan(2), Raymond Murray(2), C. Asanuma(1), Anne E. Sanders(1), Roger B. Fillingim(1), Charles Knott(1), Richard Ohrbach(1), Joel D. Greenspan(1), Luda Diatchenko(1), William Maixner(1), Ronald Dubner(1), Eric Bair(1), Vanessa Miller(1)