The sensory hand neural mechanisms of somatic sensation /

The hand is an organ of considerable capability. With it we feel, point, and reach, we determine the texture and shape of objects we palpate, we emit and receive signs of approval, compassion, condolence, and encouragement, and, on a different register, rejection, threat, dislike, antagonism, and at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mountcastle, Vernon B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Hand > Innervation.
Somesthesia.
Main > Innervation.
Somesthésie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Expanded Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Perception and the World of Somesthesis
  • Chapter 2. The Evolution and Structure of the Hand
  • Chapter 3. General Features of Somatic Afferent Systems
  • Chapter 4. Sensory Innervation of the Primate Hand
  • Chapter 5. Large-Fibered Peripheral Interface
  • Chapter 6. Dorsal Systems and the Dorsal Column Nuclear Complex
  • Chapter 7. Small-Fibered Peripheral Interface
  • Chapter 8. Ascending Spinal Cord Systems of Intrinsic Origin
  • Chapter 9. Dual Functions of the Dorsal Thalamus
  • Chapter 10. Postcentral Somatic Sensory Cortical Areas in Primates
  • Chapter 11. Dynamic Neural Operations in Somatic Sensibility
  • Chapter 12. Dynamic Neural Operations in the Sense of Flutter-Vibration
  • Chapter 13. Parietal Lateral System and Somatic Sensibility
  • Chapter 14. Parietal Frontal Sensory-Motor Transition
  • Chapter 15. Adaptive Reorganizations of Central Somatic Sensory Networks
  • Chapter 16. Haptic Sense as Substitute for Vision
  • References
  • Index

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