Bookedited by Giuseppe Vallar and H. Branch Coslett.
Summary: "The Parietal Lobe, Volume 151, the latest release from the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, provides a foundation on the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and clinical neurology/neuropsychology of the parietal lobe that is not only applicable to both basic researchers and clinicians, but also to students and specialists who are interested in learning more about disorders brought on by damage or dysfunction. Topics encompass the evolution, anatomy, connections, and neurophysiology, the major neurological and neuropsychological deficits and syndromes caused by damage, the potential for improvement via transcranial stimulation, and the role of the parietal in the cerebral networks for perception and action"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Section 1: Neuro-anatomy and neurophysiology of the parietal lobe. The history of the neurophysiology and neurology of the parietal lobe
The evolution of the parietal lobe: rats, monkeys, apes and humans
Cortico-cortical and cortico-subcortical connections of the parietal lobe
Somatosensory maps
The parietal lobe and pain perception
The parietal lobe and the vestibular system
Multisensory and sensorimotor maps
The parietal lobe "reach" region
Section 2: Neurological and neuropsychological deficits after parietal lobe damage. Somatosensory deficits
Pain syndromes and the parietal lobe
Optic ataxia
Simultanagnosia and balint's syndrome
Perceptual deficits of object identification: the apperceptive agnosias
Unilateral spatial neglect
Disorders of body knowledge
Constructional apraxia
Limb apraxia
Language deficits
Memory deficits
Gerstmann's syndrome
Parietal lobe epilepsy
Transcranial stimulations of the parietal lobe for improving neurological deficits
Section 3: The parietal lobe and brain networks for action and perception
The "dorsal" parietal stream
Action systems in the human brain
Parietal lobe and tool use
Parieto-frontal networks for eye-hand coordination and movements
The parietal lobe and memory
The parietal lobe "mirror" neuron system.