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"The Parietal Lobe, Volume 151, the latest release from the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, provides a foundation on the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and clinical neurology/neuropsychology of the parietal lobe that is not only applicable to both basic researchers and clinicians, but als...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vallar, Giuseppe (Editor ), Coslett, H. Branch (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2018]
Colección:Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 151.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Section 1: Neuro-anatomy and neurophysiology of the parietal lobe. The history of the neurophysiology and neurology of the parietal lobe
  • The evolution of the parietal lobe: rats, monkeys, apes and humans
  • Cortico-cortical and cortico-subcortical connections of the parietal lobe
  • Somatosensory maps
  • The parietal lobe and pain perception
  • The parietal lobe and the vestibular system
  • Multisensory and sensorimotor maps
  • The parietal lobe "reach" region
  • Section 2: Neurological and neuropsychological deficits after parietal lobe damage. Somatosensory deficits
  • Pain syndromes and the parietal lobe
  • Optic ataxia
  • Simultanagnosia and balint's syndrome
  • Perceptual deficits of object identification: the apperceptive agnosias
  • Unilateral spatial neglect
  • Disorders of body knowledge
  • Constructional apraxia
  • Limb apraxia
  • Language deficits
  • Memory deficits
  • Gerstmann's syndrome
  • Parietal lobe epilepsy
  • Transcranial stimulations of the parietal lobe for improving neurological deficits
  • Section 3: The parietal lobe and brain networks for action and perception
  • The "dorsal" parietal stream
  • Action systems in the human brain
  • Parietal lobe and tool use
  • Parieto-frontal networks for eye-hand coordination and movements
  • The parietal lobe and memory
  • The parietal lobe "mirror" neuron system.