Author : Christoph Baumgartner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3709166535
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Clinical Electrophysiology of the Somatosensory Cortex by : Christoph Baumgartner
Download or read book Clinical Electrophysiology of the Somatosensory Cortex written by Christoph Baumgartner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clinical electrophysiology of the human somatosensory cortex was investigated with a combined approach using cortical stimulations and somatosensory evoked responses on electrocorticography, scalp-EEG, and magnetoencephalography, a new neurophysiological technique. The spatiotemporal structure of the evoked response was studied with novel biophysical modeling techniques which allowed identification of the three-dimensional intracerebral location, time activity, and interaction of the neuronal sources in human somatosensory cortex. Thus, new aspects on the functional anatomy of the human somatosensory cortex could be elicited. Furthermore, the somatotopy of the hand somatosensory cortex was investigated. Clinically, the results of comparison of the different techniques can improve the non-invasive localization criteria for primary motor and somatosensory cortex which is important in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures adjacent to central fissure.