The somatosensory system : deciphering the brain's own body image / edited by Randall J. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Randall J.

Series:

Methods & new frontiers in neuroscience series

Methods & new frontiers in neuroscience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somesthesia.

Body schema.

Somatosensory Cortex--physiology.

Body Image.

Models, Neurological.

Perception.

Medical Subjects:

Somatosensory Cortex--physiology.

Body Image.

Models, Neurological.

Perception.

Physical Description:

399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, [2002]

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.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Organization of the Somatosensory System in Primates / Jon H. Kaas, Neeraj Jain, Hui-Xin Qi 1

Chapter 2 Cerebral Cortical Regions Devoted to the Somatosensory System: Results from Brain Imaging Studies in Humans / Harold Burton 27

Chapter 3 Neural Mechanisms of Tactile Form and Texture Perception / Kenneth O. Johnson, Takashi Yoshioka 73

Chapter 4 Feeling Surfaces and Objects Remotely / Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L. Klatzky 103

Chapter 5 Somatosensory and Proprioceptive Contributions to Body Orientation, Sensory Localization, and Self-Calibration / James R. Lackner, Paul DiZio 121

Chapter 6 Locomotor Control: From Spring-like Reactions of Muscles to Neural Prediction / Arthur Prochazka, Sergiy Yakovenko 141

Chapter 7 Sensory Learning and the Brain's Body Map / Mathew E. Diamond, Justin A. Harris, Rasmus S. Petersen 183

Chapter 8 Attention in the Somatosensory System / Steven S. Hsiao, Francisco Vega-Bermudez 197

Chapter 9 New Applications of Digital Video Technology for Neurophysiological Studies of Hand Function / Daniel J. Debowy, K. Srinivasa Babu, Edward H. Hu, Michelle Natiello, Shari Reitzen, Maria Chu, Jill Sakai, Esther P. Gardner 219

Chapter 10 Deciphering the Code

Dynamic Modulation of Neural Activity During Tactile Behavior / Randall J. Nelson, Mikhail A. Lebedev, Yu Liu 243

Chapter 11 A Computational Perspective on Proprioception and Movement Guidance in Parietal Cortex / Paul E. Cisek 275

Chapter 12 A Critique of the Pure Feedforward Model of Touch / Miguel A. L. Nicolelis, Erika Fanselow, Craig Henriquez 299

Chapter 13 The Changeful Mind: Plasticity in the Somatosensory System / Sherre L. Florence 335

Chapter 14 Functional Implications of Plasticity and Reorganizations in the Somatosensory and Motor Systems of Developing and Adult Primates / Jon H. Kaas 367.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0849323363

OCLC:

47217046