Somatosensory cortex [[electronic resource] ] : roles, interventions and traumas / / Niels Johnsen and Rolf Agerskov, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791808503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61324-236-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Collana: Neurology--laboratory and clinical research developments series
• Altri autori (Persone): JohnsenNiels; AgerskovRolf
• Disciplina: 612.8/2
• Soggetti: Sensorimotor cortex; Somesthesia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX: ROLES,INTERVENTIONS AND TRAUMAS""; ""SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX: ROLES, INTERVENTIONS AND TRAUMAS ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""NeuroImaging of Somatotopyin Primary Somatosensory Cortex""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Somatosensory Cortex Mapping: Foundations""; ""3. Invasive Intraoperative Methods""; ""4. Noninvasive Methods of SomatosensoryCortex Mapping""; ""4.1. Structural Neuroimaging""; ""4.2. Biochemical Neuroimaging""; ""4.3. Functional Neuroimaging""; ""4.3.1. Electroencephalography""; ""4.3.2. Magneto encephalography (MEG)""; ""4.3.3. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)""""4.3.4. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)""; ""4.3.5. Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)""; ""4.3.6. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)""; ""5. FMRI of Somatotopy in PrimarySomatosensory Cortex""; ""5.1. Brief Anatomy of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex""; ""5.2. FMRI of S1 Hand Representation""; ""5.3. FMRI of S1 Face Representation""; ""5.4. S1 FMRI of Foot and Genital Representation""; ""6. Presurgical Mapping of SomatosensoryCortex with fMRI""; ""7. Intraoperative Mapping of SomatosensoryCortex with fMRI""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""References""""The Role of the SomatosensoryCortex in Pain Processing""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods for the Investigation of Painin the Somatosensory Cortex""; ""Structures of the ; Lateral Pain System""; ""Pain Fibres Mediating First and Second Pain""; ""Somatotopy in SI/SII""; ""Laterality""; ""Reorganization of SI in Pain Conditions""; ""Pain Modulation in the Somatosensory Cortex""; ""Mechanisms of Anti-Nociception""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Cortical Representation of CutaneousReceptors in Primary Somatic SensoryCortex of Man: A FunctionalImaging Study""; ""Abstract""""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Subjects""; ""Imaging Protocols""; ""Stimulation""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Left Side Stimulation""; ""Head""; ""Tongue and Face Stimulation""; ""Hand Stimulation""; ""Proximal Limbs and Trunk""; ""Shoulder, Arm, Thigh""; ""Ventromedial Trunk Surface""; ""Distal Limbs""; ""Forearm, Lower Leg""; ""Foot""; ""Right Side Stimulation""; ""Summary Maps""; ""Discussion""; ""Multiple Representations""; ""Bilateral Representation""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""From Physical Representation to SocialPerception: A New Role for the PrimarySomatosensory Cortex (Review Article)""""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction: The New Hands of a Pianist""; ""2. Long-Term Plasticity in SI""; ""3. Short-Term Modulations: Influences of Motorand Prefrontal Areas on the Topographyin Somatosensory Cortex""; ""4. SI Represents the Perceived Ratherthan the Physical Image of the Body""; ""5. Morphing the Body""; ""6. Viewing the Own Body Magnified""; ""7. Is this My Body Or Your Body? PeripersonalSpace and Social Perception""; ""8. Conclusion: ConsequencesFor the Image of Our Self""