This book provides a comprehensive description of how human sensory systems function, with comparisons of the five senses and detailed descriptions of the functions of each of them. In addition to describing anatomy and function, the book also provides insight as to how sensory information is processed in the brain to provide the basis for communication and for our perception of our surroundings. The information is presented in a way that is suitable for individuals from diverse disciplines and educational backgrounds. It gives the clinician an understanding of the function of normal and diseased sensory systems and provides a convenient, up-to-date source of information relevant to individuals in the fields of communication and communication disorders. This book is ideal for scientists, clinical researchers, and students in neurology and neuroscience. Key Features* Provides comparative descriptions of the anatomy and physiology of all five sensory systems including pain* Focuses on neural and central processing of sensory information* Describes parallel processing and stream segregation and the different targets for sensory information including the emotional brain
Author(s): Aage R. Moller
Edition: 1
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 469
Front Cover......Page 1
Sensory Systems: Anatomy and Physiology......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
General Introduction......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Abbreviations......Page 20
I. Introduction......Page 21
II. Threshold of Detection......Page 22
III. Discrimination Between Different Stimuli......Page 37
References......Page 49
Abbreviations......Page 52
Abastract......Page 53
I. Introduction......Page 54
II. Anatomy of Sensory Organs......Page 56
III. Sensory Receptors......Page 62
IV. Conduction of the Physical Stimulus to the Receptors......Page 75
V. Physiology of Sensory Receptors......Page 82
References......Page 91
Abbreviations......Page 94
Abastract......Page 95
I. Introduction......Page 99
II. Anatomy of Sensory Nervous Systems......Page 100
III. Information Processing in the Sensory Nervous System......Page 127
IV. Neural Control of Sensory Processing in Ascending Sensory Pathways......Page 159
V. Processing of Information in the Nonclassical Pathways......Page 164
VI. How is the Neural Code of Sensory information Interpreted?......Page 167
VII. Sensory Information Can Reach Nonsensory Regions of the CNS......Page 172
VIII. Processing of Information in the Sensory Nervous System is Dynamic......Page 183
References......Page 191
Abbreviations......Page 204
Abastract......Page 205
I. Introduction......Page 208
II. Anatomy of the Somatosensory System......Page 209
III. Physiology of the Somatosensory System......Page 239
References......Page 282
Abbreviations......Page 290
Abastract......Page 291
I. Introduction......Page 295
II. The Ear......Page 296
III. The Auditory Nervous System......Page 324
IV. The Nonclassical Ascending Pathways......Page 366
V. Neural Plasticity......Page 376
References......Page 378
Abbreviations......Page 392
Abastract......Page 393
II. The Eye......Page 395
III. The Visual Nervous System......Page 406
IV. Nonclassical Visual Pathways......Page 435
References......Page 440
Abastract......Page 444
I. Introduction......Page 446
II. Anatomy......Page 447
III. Physiology of the Chemical Senses......Page 462
References......Page 468
Index......Page 470
