| Description |
1 online resource (399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Methods & new frontiers in neuroscience |
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Methods & new frontiers in neuroscience series.
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| Contents |
The organization of the somatosensory system in primates / Jon H. Kaas, Neeraj Jain, and Hui-Xin Qi -- Cerebral cortical regions devoted to the somatosensory system : results from brain imaging studies in humans / Harold Burton -- Neural mechanisms of tactile form and texture perception / Kenneth O. Johnson and Takashi Yoshioka -- Feeling surfaces and objects remotely / Susan J. Lederman and Roberta L. Klatzky -- Somatosensory and proprioceptive contributions to body orientation, sensory localization, and self-calibration / James R. Lackner and Paul DiZio -- Locomotor control : from spring-like reactions of muscles to neural prediction / Arthur Prochazka and Sergiy Yakovenko -- Sensory learning and the brain's body map / Mathew E. Diamond, Justin A. Harris, and Rasmus S. Petersen -- Attention in the somatosensory system / Steven S. Hsiao and Francisco Vega-Bermudez -- New applications of digital video technology for neurophysiological studies of hand function / Daniel J. Debowy [and seven others] -- Deciphering the code : dynamic modulation of neural activity during tactile behavior / Randall J. Nelson, Mikhail A. Lebedev, and Yu Liu -- A computational perspective on proprioception and movement guidance in parietal cortex / Paul E. Cisek -- A critique of the pure feedforward model of touch / Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, Erika Fanselow, and Craig Henriquez -- The changeful mind : plasticity in the somatosensory system / Sherre L. Florence -- Functional implications of plasticity and reorganizations in the somatosensory and motor systems of developing and adult primates / Jon H. Kaas |
| Summary |
The somatosensory system is unique in that it conveys information to the central nervous system (CNS) about both external and internal sensory environments. Recent technological and conceptual advances in the field have allowed great strides to be made in the description and understanding of how the CNS manages information about its own image. This knowledge, apart from its obvious scientific merit, is quickly leading to clinical applications in the realm of neurorehabilitation after the peripheral nerve injury and during recovery from stroke. The Somatosensory System: Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image presents both new and past research in the understanding of how the brain deals with its own body image. It provides a review of pertinent literature and offers comprehensive descriptions of state-of-the-art technical approaches. The material includes new frameworks for the conceptualization of the system's representations, scientific and clinical applications that stem from these approaches based on the new concepts, and a discussion of new directions and new tools for the study of the interface of the brain and the body |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Somesthesia.
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Body schema.
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Perception.
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Somatosensory Cortex -- physiology
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Body Image
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Models, Neurological
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Perception
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MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Perception
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Body schema
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Somesthesia
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Sensore cellen.
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Waarneming.
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Aanraking.
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Neurofysiologie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nelson, Randall J
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| ISBN |
1420038702 |
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9781420038705 |
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