The Anatomy of Manual Dexterity: The New Connectivity of the Primate Sensorimotor Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex

Author:   Ian Darian-Smith ,  Mary P. Galea ,  Corinna Darian-Smith ,  Michio Sugitani
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   133
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9783540611110


Pages:   142
Publication Date:   23 August 1996
Format:   Paperback
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The macaque monkey uses the hand to grasp, digitally explore, and identify objects within reach, and to use them intelligently. This review is focused on the topography and connections of some of the neuron populations that determine this manual dexterity. In the last decade these neuron populations have been analyzed using modern axon tracer techniques, single neuron recording in the alert monkey, and PET, resulting in a serious reconsideration of their structural and functional organization, and their roles in voluntary action. This review critically examines some of the new ideas triggered by these observations.

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Author:   Ian Darian-Smith ,  Mary P. Galea ,  Corinna Darian-Smith ,  Michio Sugitani
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   133
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9783540611110


ISBN 10:   3540611118
Pages:   142
Publication Date:   23 August 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Purpose and Plan of This Review.- 1.2 Primate Manual Dexterity.- 2 Corticospinal Connections in the Primate.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 New Methods.- 2.3 Direct Corticospinal Projections.- 2.4 Morphology of Corticospinal Neurons.- 2.5 Indirect Corticospinal Projections.- 2.6 Spinal Circuitry Mediating Supraspinal Control of Movement.- 2.7 Postnatal Maturation of Corticospinal Pathways.- 2.8 Comment.- 3 The Primate Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.1 The Thalamus and Sensorimotor Behavior.- 3.2 Architecture of the Dorsal Thalamus.- 3.3 Functional Groupings of Nuclei Within the Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.4 Thalamocortical Neuron Populations of the Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.5 Neuron Circuitry of Sensorimotor Thalamic Nuclei in the Macaque.- 3.6 The Pulvinar, Visually Directed Hand Movements, and Object Recognition.- 3.7 Comment.- 4 Sensorimotor Cortex.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Distribution of Visual Information in the Parietotemporal Cortex.- 4.3 Flow of Somatosensory Information in the Parietal Cortex in the Macaque.- 4.4 Visual Space, Tangible Space, and Their Neuronal Alignment.- 4.5 Connections Between Parietotemporal, Cingulate, and Prefrontal Cortex.- 4.6 Cortical Connections of Corticospinal Neuron Populations.- 5 Summary and Comments.- 6 References.- 7 Subject Index.

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