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

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neural Mechanisms in Somesthesis: Recent Progress and Future Problems....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Comparative Evoked Potential Studies on Somatosensory Cortex of Mammals....Pages 19-49
The Organization of Somatosensory Cortex in Primates and Other Mammals....Pages 51-59
Imaging the Responding Neuronal Population with 14C-2-Deoxyglucose: The Somatosensory Cerebral Cortical Signature of A Tactile Stimulus....Pages 61-80
Organization of Noxious and Non-Noxious Inputs in Smi Cortex: Comparison in Normal and in Arthritic Rats....Pages 81-92
Cortical Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying the Perception of Motion Across the Skin....Pages 93-112
Integration of Somatosensory Events in the Posterior Parietal Cortex of the Monkey....Pages 113-124
Cortical Areas in Man Participating in Somatosensory Discrimination of Microgeometric Surface Deviations and Macrogeometric Object Differences....Pages 125-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Why are Selectively Responsive and Multireceptive Neurons both Present in Somatosensory Pathways?....Pages 141-161
Tactile Sensation Related to Activity in Primary Afferents with Special Reference to Detection Problems....Pages 163-172
Role of Single Mechanoreceptor Units in Tactile Sensation....Pages 173-183
Size Perception and Localisation of Sensations from Single Mechanoreceptive Units in Man....Pages 185-196
Can Sympathetic Outflow Influence Afferent Activity in Man?....Pages 197-211
Peripheral Coding Mechanisms of Touch Velocity....Pages 213-226
Velocity of Indentation as a Variable in Tactile Sensation....Pages 227-235
Spatial and Nonspatial Neural Mechanisms Underlying Tactile Spatial Discrimination....Pages 237-248
Influences of Cutaneous Sensory Input on the Motor Coordination During Precision Manipulation....Pages 249-260
Cutaneous Thermoreceptors....Pages 261-272
Possible Redundance of Spinal Pathways for Behavioural Thermosensitivity....Pages 273-283
Centrifugal Control of Somatosensory Inflow into the Spinal Cord....Pages 285-296
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Descending Control of Nociceptive Transmission by Primate Spinothalamic Neurons....Pages 297-308
Effects of Systemic Morphine on Monkeys and Man: Generalized Suppression of Behavior and Preferential Inhibition of Pain Elicited by Unmyelinated Nociceptors....Pages 309-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
The Hyperpathic Syndrome: A Challenge to Specificity Theory....Pages 327-337
Spinal Cord Plasticity Induced by Peripheral Nerve Injury and Some Consequences for Sensory Dysfunction....Pages 339-351
Sensibility Abnormalities in Neuralgic Patients Studied by Thermal and Tactile Pulse Stimulation....Pages 353-361
The Role of C-Nociceptors in Cutaneous Heat Pain and Hyperalgesia....Pages 363-377
Determinants of Subjective Attributes of Normal Cutaneous Sensation and of Paresthesiae from Ectopic Nerve Impulse Generation....Pages 379-387
Back Matter....Pages 389-396