Sensory Functions of the Skin in Primates: With Special by Y. Zotterman,Yngve Zotterman
By Y. Zotterman,Yngve Zotterman
Comprised of forty three chapters, this quantity starts with an in depth therapy of the ordinary and paranatural stimulation of sensory receptors, by means of an research of a conception of sympathetic-sensory coupling. The reader is then brought to the "receptripse", the desmosome-like lamellar-axonal junction subserving mechano-electric transduction and inducing the sympathetic activities at the pacinian sensor. next chapters specialise in ameliorations in timing of corticocuneate and corticogracile activities; association and neuronal morphology of the spinocervical tract; epidermis mechanoreceptors within the human hand; and mobile mechanisms within the parietal cortex in alert monkeys. The e-book additionally examines the reaction of important trigeminal neurons to cutaneous thermal stimulation and the function of thermoreceptors in thermoregulation.
This monograph can be of curiosity to experts in fields starting from anatomy and biology to body structure and neurophysiology.
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