Corticofugal Modulation of Sensory Information

• Main Authors: Nuñez, Angel (Author), Malmierca, Eduardo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, 187
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

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Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Anatomical projections from sensory cortical areas to the thalamus
• 2.1 General characteristics of corticothalamic projections
• 2.2 Types of corticothalamic projections
• 2.3 Cells of origin for the corticothalamic projections
• 2.4 Neurotransmitter actions
• 2.5 Specific characteristics of corticothalamic projections to the sensory thalamus
• 3. Corticofugal projection to subthalamic relay stations
• 3.1 Auditory system
• 3.2 Visual system
• 3.3 Somatosensory system
• 4 Corticofugal modulations of sensory responses
• 4.1 Corticofugal modulation of auditory responses
• 4.2 Corticofugal modulation of visual responses
• 4.3 Somatosensory system
• 5 Functional considerations
• 5.1 Corticofugal modulation of sensory transmission. Egocentric selection
• 5.2 Corticofugal modulation of neuronal rhythmic activities and neuronal synchronization
• 5.3 Contribution of corticofugal projections in attentional filtering
• References
• Subject index.