The Sensory Hand

Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation

Vernon B. Mountcastle

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$132.00 • £105.95 • €119.00

ISBN 9780674019744

Publication Date: 12/30/2005

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640 pages

32 halftones, 121 line illustrations, 19 tables

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Acknowledgments
1. Perception and the World of Somesthesis
2. The Evolution and Structure of the Hand
3. General Features of Somatic Afferent Systems
4. Sensory Innervation of the Primate Hand
5. Large-Fibered Peripheral Interface
6. Dorsal Systems and the Dorsal Column Nuclear Complex
7. Small-Fibered Peripheral Interface
8. Ascending Spinal Cord Systems of Intrinsic Origin
9. Dual Functions of the Dorsal Thalamus
10. Postcentral Somatic Sensory Areas in Primates
11. Dynamic Neural Operations in Somatic Sensibility
12. Dynamic Neural Operations the Sense of Flutter Vibration
13. Parietal Lateral System and Somatic Sensibility
14. Parietal Frontal Sensory Motor Transition
15. Adaptive Reorganizations of Central Somatic Sensory Networks
16. Haptic Sense As Substitute for Vision
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Index

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