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The Claustrum
Structural, Functional, and Clinical Neuroscience
The first book to explore the cognitive and clinical implications of the claustrum's functionality
John R. Smythies (Edited by), Lawrence Edelstein (Edited by), Vilayanur S. Ramachandran (Edited by)
9780124045668
Hardback, published 3 January 2014
408 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.83 kg
"Researchers…share their results regarding a part of the brain that received little attention until recently but is now thought to be connected to consciousness. Among the topics are: the history of the study and nomenclature of the claustrum; neurocomputation and coding in the claustrum in comparison with the pulvinar…" --ProtoView.com, April 2014
The present day is witnessing an explosion of our understanding of how the brain works at all levels, in which complexity is piled on complexity, and mechanisms of astonishing elegance are being continually discovered. This process is most developed in the major areas of the brain, such as the cortex, thalamus, and striatum. The Claustrum instead focuses on a small, remote, and, until recently, relatively unknown area of the brain. In recent years, researchers have come to believe that the claustrum is concerned with consciousness, a bold hypothesis supported by the claustrum’s two-way connections with nearly every other region of the brain and its seeming involvement with multisensory integrations—the hallmark of consciousness. The claustrum, previously in a humble position at the back of the stage, might in fact be the conductor of the brain’s orchestra. The Claustrum brings together leading experts on the claustrum from the varied disciplines of neuroscience, providing a state-of-the-art presentation of what is currently known about the claustrum, promising lines of current research (including epigenetics), and projections of new lines of investigation on the horizon.
Basic Research 1. History of the Study and Nomenclature of the Claustrum 2. The Structure and Connections of the Claustrum 3. The Neurochemistry of the Claustrum 4. The Development and Evolution of the Claustrum 5. The Physiology of the Claustrum 6. Neurocomputation and Coding in the Claustrum: Comparisons with the Pulvinar 7. High-Definition Fiber Tractography of the Human Claustrum Clinical Research 8. The Delayed Development of the Claustrum in Autism 9. The Claustrum and Schizophrenia 10. The Claustrum and Epilepsy 11. The Claustrum and Alzheimer's Disease 12. The Claustrum and Parkinson’s Disease Hypotheses and Next Steps 13. Hypotheses Relating to the Function of the Claustrum 14. What Is it to Be Conscious? 15. Selected Areas for Future Research on the Claustrum
Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]
