John Thomas

Partial Spinal Cord Injuries of the Primate Brain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sensation in living beings is enabled through various stimulus detection systems which have evolved to facilitate the survival of the species. One such exquisite system is the somatosensory system, which mediates exploration of the immediate environment with respect to one's own body using the sense of touch. This system contains dynamic representations of tactile inputs and interacts with other effector systems to enable the organism to interact and adapt to the ever-changing environment. The tactile inputs from the entire skin surface and the kinaesthetic inputs from the joints are transmitted via sensory pathways through the spinal cord, brainstem, and thalamus to the somatosensory cortex. Specifically, one of the pathways, referred to as the dorsal column medial lemniscal (DCML) system enables fine tactile discrimination and movements of our body joints. The primary somatosensory cortex has a systematic representation of the body parts from head to foot in a lateral to medial order. Similar maps of the body surface are also present subcortically in the thalamic and brainstem somatosensory nuclei. Further, somatosensory neurons work in tandem with the neurons in the motor cortex to produce the motor output.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Independent Author
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9785864909126
• ISBN-10: 5864909122
• Artikelnr.: 67141135