We can learn about the evolution of neocortex in primates through comparative studies of
cortical organization in primates and those mammals that are the closest living relatives of …

How human beings integrate information from external sources and internal cognition to
produce a coherent experience is still not well understood. During the past decades …

Numerous studies in both monkey and human provided evidence for multisensory
integration at high-level and low-level cortical areas. This chapter focuses on the anatomical …

The cytoarchitecture and cortical connections of the anterior cingulate, medial and dorsal
premotor, and precentral region are investigated using the Nissl and NeuN staining methods …

The insula of Reil represents a large cortical territory buried in the depth of the lateral sulcus
and subdivided into 3 major cytoarchitectonic domains: agranular, dysgranular, and …

Converging data on focal dystonias suggest a widespread disorder of somatosensory
processing. The aims of our study were, first, to assess somatosensory activation patterns in …

Human ability to imitate movements is instantiated in parietal, premotor and opercular
structures, often referred to as the human homologue of the macaque mirror neuron system …

Somatotopic organizations in human somatosensory cortex (SI and SII) for scattered
portions of the leg have not been systematically observed with functional magnetic …

Humans can associate a sound with its visual source, where it comes from, how it is
produced, and what it means. This association, or audiovisual (AV) integration, also occurs …

In this chapter, we first give a detailed description of the mechanoreceptive afferents that
innervate the skin, muscles, tendons, and joints, and review the ascending and central …