Schema della sezione

    • Somaesthesia File PPTX

      Sensory modalities and senses. Sensory transduction. Cutaneous mechanoceptors. Receptive field. Coding of stimulus duration: slow and fast receptors. Coding of stimulus intensity. Population effect. Spatial and temporal summation. Divergence and convergence. Discharge zone. Coding of duration, modality and location. Tactile acuity. Lemniscal and spino-thalamic pathways. Cerebral cortex. Laminar organization. Primary sensory area. Coding of stimulus location and modality