Somatosensory processing from single neuron to brain imaging / [electronic resource] : edited by Mark J. Rowe and Yoshiaki Iwamura. - Amsterdam : Harwood Academic Pub., 2001. - xiv, 299 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Responses of slowly adapting cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferent fibres to three-dimensional tactile stimuli / A.W. Goodwin and H.E. Wheat -- ch. 2. Pain due to nerve injury : the role of nerve growth factor / D.J. Tracey -- ch. 3. The primary nociceptive neuron : a nerve cell with many functions / C. Belmonte and J. Gallar -- ch. 4. Evidence for the presence of a visceral pain pathway in the dorsal column of the spinal cord / W.D. Willis ... [et al.] -- ch. 5. Transmission security across central synapses for tactile and kinaesthetic signals / M.J. Rowe -- ch. 6. Processing of higher order somatosensory and visual information in the intraparietal region of the postcentral / Gyrus Y. Iwamura ... [et al.] -- ch. 7. Sensory and motor functions of face primary somatosensory cortex in the primate / G.M. Murray ... [et al.] -- ch. 8. Mechanisms of somatosensory plasticity / P.J. Snow and P. Wilson -- ch. 9. Adaptive properties of local circuits revealed by peripheral denervation / H.D. Schwark -- ch. 10. Limits on short-term plasticity in somatosensory cortex / M.B. Calford -- ch. 11. Cortical plasticity : growth of new connections can contribute to reorganization / S.L. Florence and J.H. Kaas -- ch. 12. Lateral interactions in cortical networks / O.V. Favorov ... [et al.] -- ch. 13. Modulation of somatosensory cortical responsiveness following unexpected behavioral outcomes / R.J. Nelson -- ch. 14. Somatosensory evoked magnetic fields in humans / R. Kakigi.




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