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Title: |
Somatosensory Cortex |
| Sub-title: |
Roles, Interventions & Traumas |
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| Edited by: |
Niels Johnsen, Rolf Agerskov |
| ISBN10-13: |
1607418762 : 9781607418764 |
| Illustrations: |
colour & b/w photos |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
187 |
| Weight: |
.548 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - May 2010 |
| List Price: |
234.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Neurology & clinical neurophysiology |
| The somatosensory system is a diverse sensory system comprising the receptors and processing centres to produce the sensory modalities such as touch, temperature, proprioception (body position), and nociception (pain). This book gives an overview of the methodology for investigation of pain in neuroimaging studies and the relevant structures of the lateral pain system. Furthermore, classic studies understand the body map representation in primary somatosensory cortex (SI) as fix and reflecting the physical location of peripheral stimulation in the form of the famous somatosensory homunculus. This book reports the results of recent studies that challenge this view and suggest a more complex role of SI. Also dealt with in this book is the current state and perspective of neurotechnology, particular the use of brain computer interfaces (BCI) and neurostimulation in the rehabilitation of stroke. Future developments and prospects such as the combination of BCI systems with non-invasive form of neurostimulation and functional electric stimulation (FES) is examined as well. Other chapters include a review of research done in the primary somatosensory cortex implicated in the pathogenesis of absence epilepsy, an analysis of the development of non-invasive neuroimaging techniques that have enabled the study of S1 more widely, and an electrophysiological investigation of central neuronal responses evoked by CO2 laser pulses to study evoked responses and thermal pain sensation. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Neuroimaging of Somatotopy in Primary Somatosensory Cortex; The Role of Somatosensory Cortex in Pain Processing; Cortical Representation of Cutaneous Receptors in Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex of Man: A Functional Imaging Study; From Physical Representation to Social Perception: A New Role for the Primary Somatosensory Cortex; Rehabilitation after Stroke Using Brain-Computer-Interfaces and Neurostimulation; Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis in the Somatosensory Cortex in Rats with Genetic Absence Epilepsy; Thermo-Noiceptive Responses Evoked by Laser Pulses in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex; Regulation of the Critical Period for Whisker Lesion-Induced Barrel Structural Plasticity in the Mouse Somatosensory Cortex; Index. |
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