Somatosensory Mechanisms: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, June 8–10, 1983

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Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Neural Mechanisms in Somesthesis: Recent Progress and Future Problems (Vernon B. Mountcastle)....Pages 3-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Comparative Evoked Potential Studies on Somatosensory Cortex of Mammals (Clinton N. Woolsey)....Pages 19-49 The Organization of Somatosensory Cortex in Primates and Other Mammals (Jon H. Kaas)....Pages 51-59 Imaging the Responding Neuronal Population with 14c-2-Deoxyglucose: The Somatosensory Cerebral Cortical Signature of a Tactile Stimulus (B. L. Whitsel, S. L. Juliano)....Pages 61-80 Organization of Noxious and Non-Noxious Inputs in SmI Cortex: Comparison in Normal and in Arthritic Rats (G. Guilbaud, Y. Lamour, J. C. Willer)....Pages 81-92 Cortical Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying the Perception of Motion Across the Skin (Esther P. Gardner)....Pages 93-112 Integration of Somatosensory Events in the Posterior Parietal Cortex of the Monkey (Lea Leinonen)....Pages 113-124 Cortical Areas in Man Participating in Somatosensory Discrimination of Microgeometric Surface Deviations and Macrogeometric Object Differences (P. E. Roland)....Pages 125-138 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 Why are Selectively Responsive and Multireceptive Neurons Both Present in Somatosensory Pathways? (Edward R. Perl)....Pages 141-161 Tactile Sensation Related to Activity in Primary Afferents with Special Reference to Detection Problems (Å B. Vallbo)....Pages 163-172 Role of Single Mechanoreceptor Units in Tactile Sensation (H. E. Torebjörk, J. L. Ochoa, W. J. L. Schady)....Pages 173-183 Size Perception and Localisation of Sensations from Single Mechanoreceptive Units in Man (W. J. L. Schady, H. E. Torebjörk, J. L. Ochoa)....Pages 185-196 Can Sympathetic Outflow Influence Afferent Activity in Man? (Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin, Rolf G. Hallin)....Pages 197-211 Peripheral Coding Mechanisms of Touch Velocity (Ove Franzén, Floyd Thompson, Barry Whitsel, Michael Young)....Pages 213-226 Velocity of Indentation as a Variable in Tactile Sensation (Dan R. Kenshalo Sr., Joel D. Greenspan, Ross Henderson)....Pages 227-235 Spatial and Nonspatial Neural Mechanisms Underlying Tactile Spatial Discrimination (Kenneth O. Johnson, John R. Phillips)....Pages 237-248 Influences of Cutaneous Sensory Input on the Motor Coordination during Precision Manipulation (R. S. Johansson, G. Westling)....Pages 249-260 Cutaneous Thermoreceptors (A. Iggo)....Pages 261-272 Possible Redundance of Spinal Pathways for Behavioural Thermosensitivity (Ulf Norrsell)....Pages 273-283 Centrifugal Control of Somatosensory Inflow Into The Spinal Cord (Manfred Zimmermann)....Pages 285-296 Descending Control of Nociceptive Transmission by Primate Spinothalamic Neurons (W. D. Willis)....Pages 297-308 Effects of Systemic Morphine on Monkeys and Man: Generalized Suppression of Behavior and Preferential Inhibition of Pain Elicited by Unmyelinated Nociceptors (Charles J. Vierck Jr., Brian Y. Cooper, Richard H. Cohen, David C. Yeomans, Ove Franzén)....Pages 309-323 Front Matter ....Pages 325-325 The Hyperpathic Syndrome: A Challenge to Specificity Theory (Patrick D. Wall)....Pages 327-337 Spinal Cord Plasticity Induced by Peripheral Nerve Injury and Some Consequences for Sensory Dysfunction (Marshall Devor)....Pages 339-351 Sensibility Abnormalities in Neuralgic Patients Studied By Thermal and Tactile Pulse Stimulation (Heinrich Fruhstorfer, Ulf Lindblom)....Pages 353-361 The Role of C-Nociceptors in Cutaneous Heat Pain and Hyperalgesia (Robert H. Lamotte)....Pages 363-377 Determinants of Subjective Attributes of Normal Cutaneous Sensation and of Paresthesiae from Ectopic Nerve Impulse Generation (José Ochoa, Erik Torebjörk, William Culp)....Pages 379-387 Back Matter ....Pages 389-396