Search for dissertations about: "tactile threshold"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words tactile threshold.

  2. 6. Peripheral and central effects of nerve regeneration : Experimental and clinical studies

    Author : Thomas Hansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : A nerve injury in the hand often results in profound abnmmalities in sensory perception despite careful alignment and microsurgical repair in order to facilitate accurate nerve regeneration. The present experimental and clinical studies were undertaken in an attempt to functionally evaluate peripheral and central effects of nerve regeneration. READ MORE

  4. 7. Molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity in spinal sensory pathways

    Author : Max Larsson; Neurofysiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; neurophysiology; neuropsychology; Neurology; electron microscopy; synaptic plasticity; synapse; pain; spinal cord; hyperalgesia; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi;

    Abstract : An intense, potentially tissue-damaging (noxious) stimulus may lead to enhanced pain sensation of subsequent noxious stimuli (hyperalgesia) and to the perceiving of innocuous stimuli as painful (allodynia). This is thought to result to a large extent from strengthening of synapses established by primary afferent fibers onto spinal cord dorsal horn neurons. READ MORE

  5. 8. Structural and functional changes in the brain after surgically repaired median nerve injury

    Author : Per F. Nordmark; Roland S. Johansson; Henrik Ehrsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Humans; Hand; Touch; Peripheral nerve injury; Magnetic resonance imaging; Somatosensory Cortex; Cortical plasticity; fysiologi; Physiology; handkirurgi; hand surgery;

    Abstract : Despite the best available surgical repair, traumatic median nerve injury within the forearm typically causes lifelong impairment in hand function. This stems from an inadequate reinnervation of the nerves supporting sensory functions of the thumb, index and long finger, and of nerves supplying intrinsic hand muscles. READ MORE

  6. 9. Outcome and refinements of gender confirming surgery

    Author : Hannes Sigurjónsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: Gender dysphoria is a state in which the individual shows strong and persistent identification with the opposite sex. After thorough diagnostic assessment, the treatment includes gender confirming surgery (GCS). READ MORE

  7. 10. Functional morphology of mammalian rhinariumn skin

    Author : Inga Tuminaite; Funktionell zoologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; nasolabial; skin; epidermis; cutaneous innervation; canine; vascularization; cold acclimatization;

    Abstract : The naked skin surrounding the nostrils in most mammals is called a rhinarium. Rhinarium skin exhibits several unique characteristics, including an ultrastructure of pits or furrows on surface corneocytes, formed in a unique epidermal differentiation process (Paper I). READ MORE