By Ford F. Ebner
Synthesizing present information regarding sensory-motor plasticity, Neural Plasticity in grownup Somatic Sensory-Motor structures presents an up to date description of the dynamic strategies that happen in somatic sensory-motor cortical circuits or somatic sensory pathways to the cortex because of adventure, studying, or harm to the frightened method. The booklet emphasizes adjustments within the cortex which are associated with shifts in circulate or habit and demonstrates the potential of direct brain-based interventions to enhance the standard of existence for individuals with sensory-motor disabilities.Following preliminary chapters that disguise matters proper to differences in sensory processing, the textual content offers with the motor part of sensory-motor variations, and contains stories that record the dynamic adjustments in procedure homes that take place with common event or in restoration from mind damage.Edited via a famous international authority on neural plasticity, this e-book presents very important perception into the mechanisms of neural plasticity. it truly is a necessary hyperlink to knowing the dynamics of studying within the hopes of enhancing perceptual and motor abilities after mind harm.
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Opin. Neurobiol. 10, 358, 2000. © 2005 by Taylor & Francis Group. fm Page 21 Tuesday, April 5, 2005 12:20 PM 2 The Vibrissa Resonance Hypothesis Christopher Moore and Mark L. Andermann CONTENTS I. Overview II. Introduction A. The Behavioral Relevance of High Frequency Somatosensory Perception B. Sensory Capabilities of the Vibrissa Sensory System C. The Vibrissa Resonance Hypothesis 1. Resonance and Frequency Encoding in Other Sensory Systems 2. The Vibrissa Resonance Hypothesis III. Vibrissa Resonance: Rate Coding and Place Coding of Frequency-Specific Tactile Information A.
Because vibrissa resonance properties vary systematically across the face of a rat, with lower frequencies represented more posteriorly and higher frequencies represented more anteriorly, a map of frequencies is observed across SI with a system of isofrequency columns extending along arcs of vibrissae. These findings support the hypothesis that a place code exists for the representation of frequency information in this system, by which an increase in mean firing rate in a specific position within a map indicates the frequency of stimulation.
J. , 21, RC170, 2001. 71. , Hebb and homeostasis in neuronal plasticity. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 10, 358, 2000. © 2005 by Taylor & Francis Group. fm Page 21 Tuesday, April 5, 2005 12:20 PM 2 The Vibrissa Resonance Hypothesis Christopher Moore and Mark L. Andermann CONTENTS I. Overview II. Introduction A. The Behavioral Relevance of High Frequency Somatosensory Perception B. Sensory Capabilities of the Vibrissa Sensory System C. The Vibrissa Resonance Hypothesis 1. Resonance and Frequency Encoding in Other Sensory Systems 2.
