Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents
CT afferents are receptors in mammalian hairy skin that fire action potentials when the skin is touched lightly which makes them particularly important in affective touch. Traditionally neuroscientific research has focused on more discriminative and
- PDF / 15,096,876 Bytes
- 431 Pages / 439.42 x 683.15 pts Page_size
- 80 Downloads / 197 Views
ve Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents
Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents
Håkan Olausson • Johan Wessberg India Morrison • Francis McGlone Editors
Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents
Editors Håkan Olausson Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience Linköping University Linköping, Sweden Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden India Morrison Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience Linköping University Linköping, Sweden
Johan Wessberg Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology The Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Göteborg, Sweden Francis McGlone Research Centre for Brain & Behaviour School of Natural Sciences and Psychology Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool, UK Institute of Psychology Health & Society University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
ISBN 978-1-4939-6416-1 ISBN 978-1-4939-6418-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6418-5
(eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016953484 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media LLC New York
Preface
The term “somatosensory system” covers the wide array of specialized receptors, peripheral nerves, and central processing stages underlying the transduction and processing of somatosensory signals. Collectively, these are engaged in sensing, perceiving, and acting—upon stimulation of the body surface or during muscle activity. Cutaneous (skin) sensations are essentially multimodal and are classically described as the senses of touch, temperature, itch, and pain. Afferent types belonging to the class of small-diameter, unmyelinated C fibers have been implicated in each of these functions. Yet so far, the functional neurophysiology and contribution of non-nocicepti
Data Loading...
