Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents

Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents
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Book Synopsis Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents by : Håkan Olausson

Download or read book Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents written by Håkan Olausson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 haptic properties of touch that are mediated by large myelinated afferents and the coding properties and functional organization of unmyelinated CT afferents have been studied much less. The proposed volume will draw together existing knowledge in this nascent field. Separate sections will address (1) how we can measure affective touch, (2) CT structure and physiology, (3) CT processing, (4) the contribution of CTs to sexual behavior, (5) clinical relevance, (6) commercial relevance, and (7) future research considerations.​


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