Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Expanded Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. 1 Perception and the World of Somesthesis 1
6. 2 The Evolution and Structure of the Hand 27
7. 3 General Features of Somatic Afferent Systems 51
8. 4 Sensory Innervation of the Primate Hand 69
9. 5 Large-Fibered Peripheral Interface 97
10. 6 Dorsal Systems and the Dorsal Column Nuclear Complex 136
11. 7 Small-Fibered Peripheral Interface 166
12. 8 Ascending Spinal Cord Systems of Intrinsic Origin 187
13. 9 Dual Functions of the Dorsal Thalamus 214
14. 10 Postcentral Somatic Sensory Cortical Areas in Primates 260
15. 11 Dynamic Neural Operations in Somatic Sensibility 301
16. 12 Dynamic Neural Operations in the Sense of Flutter-Vibration 341
17. 13 Parietal Lateral System and Somatic Sensibility 379
18. 14 Parietal Frontal Sensory–Motor Transition 409
19. 15 Adaptive Reorganizations of Central Somatic Sensory Networks 443
20. 16 Haptic Sense as Substitute for Vision 468
21. References 493
22. Index 595