Somatosensory Cortex : Roles, Interventions and Traumas.

Intro -- 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 -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Rehabilitation After Stroke UsingBrain-Computer-Interfacesand Neurostimulation -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Brain-Computer-Interfaces -- Neurostimulation -- BCI-Systems to Augment Neuroplasticityin Stroke -- Outlook on the Future -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Mechanisms of Epileptogenesisin the Somatosensory Cortex in Ratswith Genetic Absence Epilepsy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. Somatosensory Cortex Contains Epileptic Focusof Absence Seizures -- 2. Somatosensory Cortex is Involved in LocalNeuronal Circuit Producing Absence Seizures -- 3. Cytoarchitectural Disorderin the Somatosensory Cortex Correlateswith Absence Epilepsy -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Thermo-nociceptive Responses Evokedby Laser Pulses in the PrimarySomatosensory Cortex -- Abstract -- Nociceptive Function of the PrimarySomatosensory Cortex -- Brief Laser Pulses as Noxious Thermal Stimuli.

Subcortical Neuronal Responses Evoked by BriefLaser Pulses -- Cortical Laser-Evoked Potentialsin S1 of Freely-Moving Rats -- Current Source Density Analysisof Local Cortical Field Potentials -- Synaptic Currents Evoked by Brief Laser Pulsesin S1 of Anesthetized Rats -- A Proposed Cortical Circuitry of ThermosensitiveNociceptive Responses in S1 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Regulation of the Critical Periodfor Whisker Lesion-Induced BarrelStructural Plasticity in the MouseSomatosensory Cortex -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Molecular Mechanisms UnderlyingBarrel Formation -- Whisker Lesion-Induced Barrel StructuralPlasticity in the Developing Barrel Cortex -- Mechanisms Regulating the Terminationof Barrel Structural Plasticity -- The Termination of Barrel Structural Plasticityin the Absence of Oligodendrocytes -- Possible Mechanisms of the Terminationof Barrel Structural Plasticity -- Comparison Between Barrel Structural Plasticityin S1 and OD Plasticity in V1 (Table 1) -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index.

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