Full Description
In this volume, members of the International Translational Research Network on Orofacial Neurological Disorders and invited experts provide authoritative overviews of new aspects of motor function and sensation relating to neurological disorders in orofacial regions. Orofacial movements constitute fundamental motor patterns with essential roles in consummatory behavior, self-care, defensive and attack behaviors, vocalization and, in higher mammals, verbal as well as non-verbal communication. Clinically, dysfunction in orofacial movement is evident in numerous dental, cranio-maxillo-facial and neuropsychiatric disorders, including dysphagia, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.
Contents
1. Behavioural Pharmacology of Orofacial Movement Disorder
Noriaki Koshikawa, Satoshi Fujita, Kazunori Adachi
2 Regulation of Orofacial Movement: Dopamine Receptor Mechanisms and Mutant Models
John L. Waddington, Gerard J. O'Sullivan and Katsunori Tomiyama
3 Regulation of Orofacial Movement: Amino Acid Mechanisms and Mutant Models
Katsunori Tomiyam, Colm M. P. O'Tuathaigh4 and John L. Waddington3
4 The Trigeminal Circuits Responsible for Chewing
Karl-Gunnar Westberg, and Arlette Kolta
5 Ultrastructural Basis for Craniofacial Sensory Processing in the Brainstem
Yong Chul Bae, Atsushi Yoshida
6 Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transduction and Transmission: A Mashinery for Pain Sensation and Tools for Selective Analgesia.
Alexander M. Binshtok
7 Peripheral and central mechanisms of orofacial Inflammatory pain
Barry J. Sessle
8 The Role of Trigeminal Interpolaris-Caudalis Transition Zone in Persistent Orofacial Pain
Ke Ren and Ronald Dubner
9 Physiological Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain: The Orofacial Region
Koichi Iwata, Yoshiki Imamura, Kuniya Honda1, and Masamichi Shinoda
10 Neurobiology of Estrogen Status in Deep Craniofacial Pain
David A Bereiter and Keiichiro Okamoto
11 Macroscopic Connection of Rat Insular Cortex: Anatomical Bases Underlying Its Physiological Functions
Masayuki Kobayashi
12 The Balance between Excitation and Inhibition and Functional Sensory Processing in the Somatosensory Cortex
Zhi Zhang and Qian-Quan Sun
