Overview of the Sensory System
FIGURE 31.1 The light touch, pressure, position, and vibration pathways from the body and face are indicated by the dashed line; the pain and temperature fibers from the body and…
NEUROLOGY
Testing of Touch-Pressure Sensation: Introduction of the Touch-Pressure Sensogram
Figure 76-1 Dyck Monofilaments. Modified Semmes Weinstein Monofilaments described in text. Note that monofilaments A, B, and C are so fine that they are almost invisible in this photograph. Table…
Radiation-Induced Baroreflex Failure
Figure 70-1 The baroreflex arc. Baroreceptor afferents (dark blue) synapse at the nucleus of the tractus solitarius (NTS). The vagal baroreflex pathway (green) runs from the NTS to the nucleus…
Thermal Disk Quantitative Sensation Testing of Cooling Discrimination
Figure 77-1 Pair 1 = P versus N; Pair 2 = P versus G; and Pair 3 = P versus C with all thermodes at A°; Pair 4 = P…
MRI–Targeted Fascicular Nerve Biopsies of Proximal Nerves: Historic Reports and Illustrative Case Reports
Figure 1-1 A-D, Sequential steps in performance of fascicular nerve biopsy described in text. (Modified from Dyck PJ, Lofgren EP. Method of fascicular biopsy of human peripheral nerve for electrophysiologic…
Subacute Immune Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Following a Cytomegalovirus Infection
Figure 62-1 Progressive, over time, recovery of sympathetic sudomotor function as documented by serial thermoregulatory sweat test representations (cartoons). The areas of the body showing normal sweating are purple, absent…
