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I. Birznieks

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h-index: 23
Works: 90
Citations: 2,579

Most-cited papers

First spikes in ensembles of human tactile afferents code complex spatial fingertip events
R. Johansson, I. Birznieks
2004Nature Neuroscience648 citations
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Encoding of Direction of Fingertip Forces by Human Tactile Afferents
I. Birznieks, Per Jenmalm, A. W. Goodwin, R. Johansson
2001Journal of Neuroscience366 citations Open access
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Tactile Sensors for Friction Estimation and Incipient Slip Detection—Toward Dexterous Robotic Manipulation: A Review
Wei Chen, Heba Khamis, I. Birznieks, Nathan F. Lepora +1 more
2018IEEE Sensors Journal204 citations Open access
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Influence of object shape on responses of human tactile afferents under conditions characteristic of manipulation
Per Jenmalm, I. Birznieks, A. W. Goodwin, Roland S Johansson
2003European Journal of Neuroscience137 citations
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Slowly Adapting Mechanoreceptors in the Borders of the Human Fingernail Encode Fingertip Forces
I. Birznieks, V. Macefield, G. Westling, R. Johansson
2009Journal of Neuroscience85 citations Open access
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Effects of deep and superficial experimentally induced acute pain on muscle sympathetic nerve activity in human subjects
A. Burton, I. Birznieks, P. Bolton, L. Henderson +1 more
2009Journal of Physiology80 citations Open access
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Spike Timing Matters in Novel Neuronal Code Involved in Vibrotactile Frequency Perception.
I. Birznieks, R. Vickery
2017Current Biology58 citations Open access
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Mechanisms for force adjustments to unpredictable frictional changes at individual digits during two-fingered manipulation.
I. Birznieks, M. K. O. Burstedt, B. Edin, Roland S Johansson
1998Journal of Neurophysiology58 citations
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Individual differences in the cardiovascular responses to tonic muscle pain: parallel increases or decreases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure and heart rate
A. Fazalbhoy, I. Birznieks, V. Macefield
2012Experimental Physiology54 citations Open access
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Muscle spindles in human tibialis anterior encode muscle fascicle length changes.
James T Day, L. Bent, I. Birznieks, V. Macefield +1 more
2017Journal of Neurophysiology53 citations Open access
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Tactile sensory channels over-ruled by frequency decoding system that utilizes spike pattern regardless of receptor type
I. Birznieks, Sarah Mcintyre, H. Nilsson, S. Nagi +3 more
2019bioRxiv47 citations Open access
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Encoding of tangential torque in responses of tactile afferent fibres innervating the fingerpad of the monkey
I. Birznieks, H. Wheat, S. Redmond, L. M. Salo +2 more
2010Journal of Physiology46 citations Open access
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The effects of experimental muscle and skin pain on the static stretch sensitivity of human muscle spindles in relaxed leg muscles
I. Birznieks, Alexander R. Burton, V. Macefield
2008Journal of Physiology45 citations Open access
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Initial contact shapes the perception of friction
Laurence Willemet, K. Kanzari, Jocelyn Monnoyer, I. Birznieks +1 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America44 citations Open access
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Recent progress in artificial synaptic devices: materials, processing and applications
Fan-Di Chen, Yingze Zhou, Yanzhe Zhu, Renbo Zhu +9 more
202137 citations Open access
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Effects of changing skin mechanics on the differential sensitivity to surface compliance by tactile afferents in the human finger pad.
Kathryn Hudson, Melia Condon, R. Ackerley, Francis McGlone +3 more
2015Journal of Neurophysiology37 citations Open access
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Modulation of Human Muscle Spindle Discharge by Arterial Pulsations - Functional Effects and Consequences
I. Birznieks, T. Boonstra, V. Macefield
2012PLoS ONE36 citations Open access
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Effects of deep and superficial experimentally induced acute pain on skin sympathetic nerve activity in human subjects
A. Burton, I. Birznieks, J. Spaak, L. Henderson +1 more
2009Experimental Brain Research36 citations
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Control of forces applied by individual fingers engaged in restraint of an active object.
M. K. O. Burstedt, I. Birznieks, B. Edin, Roland S Johansson
1997Journal of Neurophysiology30 citations
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Friction sensing mechanisms for perception and motor control: Passive touch without sliding may not provide perceivable frictional information.
Heba Khamis, Hafiz Malik Naqash Afzal, Jennifer Sánchez, R. Vickery +3 more
2021Journal of Neurophysiology25 citations Open access
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The effects of preferential A- and C-fibre blocks and T-type calcium channel antagonist on detection of low-force monofilaments in healthy human participants
S. Nagi, James S. Dunn, I. Birznieks, R. Vickery +1 more
2015BMC Neuroscience24 citations Open access
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Decoding tactile afferent activity to obtain an estimate of instantaneous force and torque applied to the fingerpad.
Heba Khamis, I. Birznieks, S. Redmond
2015Journal of Neurophysiology23 citations Open access
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Spontaneous fluctuations in the peripheral photoplethysmographic waveform: roles of arterial pressure and muscle sympathetic nerve activity.
G. S. Chan, A. Fazalbhoy, I. Birznieks, V. Macefield +2 more
2012American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology23 citations Open access
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Consistent interindividual increases or decreases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity during experimental muscle pain
A. Fazalbhoy, I. Birznieks, V. Macefield
2014Experimental Brain Research19 citations
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Cutaneous mechanoreceptors, functional behaviour
V. Macefield, I. Birznieks, M. Binder, N. Hirokawa +1 more
200918 citations
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Temporal patterns in electrical nerve stimulation: Burst gap code shapes tactile frequency perception
Kevin K. W. Ng, Christoffer Olausson, R. Vickery, I. Birznieks
2020bioRxiv17 citations Open access
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Tactile afferents encode grip safety before slip for different frictions
Heba Khamis, S. Redmond, V. Macefield, I. Birznieks
2014Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society17 citations
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Classification of Texture and Frictional Condition at Initial Contact by Tactile Afferent Responses
Heba Khamis, S. Redmond, V. Macefield, I. Birznieks
2014EuroHaptics17 citations Open access
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Tonic muscle pain does not increase fusimotor drive to human leg muscles: implications for chronic muscle pain
A. Fazalbhoy, V. Macefield, I. Birznieks
2013Experimental Physiology16 citations Open access
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Movement Planning Determines Sensory Suppression: An Event-related Potential Study
Bradley N. Jack, Miranda R. Chilver, R. Vickery, I. Birznieks +3 more
2021Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience15 citations Open access
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The Relationship Between Tactile Intensity Perception and Afferent Spike Count is Moderated by a Function of Frequency
Kevin K. W. Ng, Xuan Tee, R. Vickery, I. Birznieks
2022IEEE Transactions on Haptics14 citations
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Tactile Motion Adaptation Reduces Perceived Speed but Shows No Evidence of Direction Sensitivity
Sarah Mcintyre, A. Holcombe, I. Birznieks, T. Seizova-Cajic
2012PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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Submillimeter Lateral Displacement Enables Friction Sensing and Awareness of Surface Slipperiness
Naqash Afzal, Emma F. Stubbs, Heba Khamis, Alastair J. Loutit +4 more
2022IEEE Transactions on Haptics13 citations Open access
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Perceived Frequency of Aperiodic Vibrotactile Stimuli Depends on Temporal Encoding
Kevin K. W. Ng, I. Birznieks, I. Tse, J. Andersen +2 more
2018EuroHaptics13 citations
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Neurophysiology of Tactile Perception : A Tribute to Steven Hsiao The tactile motion aftereffect suggests an intensive code for speed in neurons sensitive to both speed and direction of motion
X. S. McIntyre, I. Birznieks, R. Vickery, A. Holcombe +1 more
201613 citations
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Tapping Into the Language of Touch: Using Non-invasive Stimulation to Specify Tactile Afferent Firing Patterns
R. Vickery, Kevin K. W. Ng, Jason R. Potas, M. Shivdasani +3 more
2020Frontiers in Neuroscience12 citations Open access
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Differential sensitivity to surface compliance by tactile afferents in the human finger pad.
Melia Condon, I. Birznieks, Kathryn Hudson, D. Chelvanayagam +3 more
2014Journal of Neurophysiology11 citations
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Can Video Self-Modeling Improve Affected Limb Reach and Grasp Ability in Stroke Patients?
Kylie A. Steel, Kurt L. Mudie, Remi Sandoval, David I. Anderson +3 more
2018Journal of Motor Behavior10 citations
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Burst gap code predictions for tactile frequency are valid across the range of perceived frequencies attributed to two distinct tactile channels.
Kevin K. W. Ng, Ian N Snow, I. Birznieks, R. Vickery
2021Journal of Neurophysiology9 citations Open access
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Peripheral Nerve Activation Evokes Machine-Learnable Signals in the Dorsal Column Nuclei
Alastair J. Loutit, M. Shivdasani, T. Maddess, S. Redmond +5 more
2019Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience9 citations Open access
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Generating tactile afferent stimulation patterns for slip and touch feedback in neural prosthetics
D. Rager, D. Alvares, I. Birznieks, S. Redmond +3 more
2013Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society9 citations
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Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect Somatotopic mismatch following stroke: a pathophysiological condition escaping detection
I. Birznieks, I. Logina, G. Wasner
20129 citations
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Fingertip viscoelasticity enables human tactile neurons to encode loading history alongside current force
Hannes P. Saal, I. Birznieks, Roland S Johansson
2025eLife8 citations Open access
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Biphasic effects of tonic stimulation of muscle nociceptors on skin sympathetic nerve activity in human subjects
Samuel C. Hall, A. Fazalbhoy, I. Birznieks, V. Macefield
2012Experimental Brain Research8 citations
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Role of arm reaching movement kinematics in friction perception at initial contact with smooth surfaces
Naqash Afzal, Sophie du Bois de Dunilac, Alastair J. Loutit, Helen O Shea +6 more
2024Journal of Physiology7 citations Open access
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Grip force control under sudden change of friction
Laurence Willemet, Felix Roël, David Abbink, I. Birznieks +1 more
2024Journal of Physiology7 citations
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Perceived tactile intensity at a fixed primary afferent spike rate varies with the temporal pattern of spikes.
Deepak Sharma, Kevin K. W. Ng, I. Birznieks, R. Vickery
2022Journal of Neurophysiology7 citations
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Auditory clicks elicit equivalent temporal frequency perception to tactile pulses: A cross-modal psychophysical study
Deepak Sharma, Kevin K. W. Ng, I. Birznieks, R. Vickery
2022Frontiers in Neuroscience7 citations Open access
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Effects of tonic muscle pain on fusimotor control of human muscle spindles during isometric ankle dorsiflexion.
Lyndon J Smith, V. Macefield, I. Birznieks, A. Burton
2019Journal of Neurophysiology7 citations
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Single tactile afferents outperform human subjects in a vibrotactile intensity discrimination task.
E. Arabzadeh, C. Clifford, Justin A. Harris, D. Mahns +2 more
2014Journal of Neurophysiology7 citations
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