Name: Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex
ISBN: 978-3-0348-9016-8

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O. Franzén⁰,
R. Johansson¹,
L. Terenius²

O. Franzén
1. Department of Human Anatomy Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Sweden
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R. Johansson
1. Department of Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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L. Terenius
1. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Table of contents (34 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages I-XX

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Structural basis of information processing and neocortical neurotransmitters
1. Divergence of thalamocortical projections and limits on somatosensory cortical plasticity
  
  E. G. Jones
  
  Pages 1-15
2. Inhibitory circuitry in relation to the functional organization of somatosensory cortex
  
  Harris D. Schwark
  
  Pages 17-25
3. Pain, temperature, and the sense of the body
  
  A. D. Bud Craig
  
  Pages 27-39
4. The functional role of a noninactivating sodium current in neocortical neurons
  
  W. E. Crill
  
  Pages 41-47
Psychophysics of somatosensation
1. Information processing channels in the sense of touch
  
  S. J. Bolanowski
  
  Pages 49-58
2. A novel approach for studying direction discrimination
  
  G. K. Essick, E. M. Rath, D. G. Kelly, A. James, R. A. Murray
  
  Pages 59-71
3. Tactile directional sensibility; theoretical and functional aspects
  
  Ulf Norrsell, Håkan Olausson
  
  Pages 73-82
4. Experimental assessment of the temporal hypothesis of velocity scaling
  
  G. K. Essisk, O. Franzén, T. A. Nguyen, K. Jowers, J. W. Shores, A. James et al.
  
  Pages 83-98
5. Vebrotactile adaptation of a RA system: A psychophysical analysis
  
  M. Hollins, K. A. Delemos, A. K. Goble
  
  Pages 101-111
6. Tactile neutral codes for the shapes and orientation of objects
  
  Robert H. LaMotte, Charles Lu, Mandayam A. Srivasan
  
  Pages 113-122
7. Tactual discrimination of softness: abilities and mechanisms
  
  Mandayam A. Srinivasan, Robert H. LaMotte
  
  Pages 123-135
8. Representation of the shape and contact force of handled objects in populations of cutaneous afferents
  
  A. W. Goodwin, A. S. Browning, H. E. Wheat
  
  Pages 137-145
9. Haptic object processing I: Early perceptual features
  
  Roberta L. Klatzky, Susan J. Lederman, Cheryl O’Neill
  
  Pages 147-152
10. Haptic object identification II: Purposive exploration
  
  Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L. Klatzky
  
  Pages 153-161
Cortical representation of somatosensation
1. The somatosensory cortex
  
  Jon H. Kaas
  
  Pages 163-171
2. The organization of lateral somatosensory cortex in primates and other mammals
  
  L. A. Krubitzer
  
  Pages 173-185
3. Serial processing in the somatosensory system of macaques
  
  T. P. Pons
  
  Pages 187-195
4. Parallel processing in somatosensory areas I and II of the cerebral cortex
  
  M. J. Rowe, A. B. Turman, G. M. Murray, H. Q. Zhang
  
  Pages 197-211
5. Linearity as the basic law of psychophysics: Evidence from studies of the neural mechanisms of roughness magnitude estimation
  
  Kenneth O. Johnson, Steven S. Hsiao, David T. Blake
  
  Pages 213-228

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Editors and Affiliations

Department of Human Anatomy Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Sweden

O. Franzén
Department of Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

R. Johansson
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

L. Terenius

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Book Title: Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex
Editors: O. Franzén, R. Johansson, L. Terenius
Series Title: Advances in Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9016-8
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9868-3Published: 18 September 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-9016-8Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 424
Topics: Neurobiology, Neurosciences, Neuropsychology

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

Front Matter

Structural basis of information processing and neocortical neurotransmitters

Psychophysics of somatosensation

Cortical representation of somatosensation

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Editors and Affiliations

Department of Human Anatomy Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Sweden

Department of Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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