Dental Neuroimaging. Chia-shu Lin

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Dedication Page

      5  List of Figures

      6  List of Tables

      7  List of Boxes

      8  List of Abbreviations

      9  Preface

      10  Introduction to Students and Instructors

      11  Acknowledgements

      12  About the Companion Website

      13  Part I: Methods of Neuroimaging and Assessment of Oral Functions 1 Introduction to Neuroimaging and the Brain–Stomatognathic Axis 1.1 Why Do Dentists Need to Understand the Brain? 1.2 What Is Neuroimaging? 1.3 How Does Neuroimaging Contribute to Clinical Practice? 1.4 The Brain–Stomatognathic Axis References 2 Assessment of Human Brain Using MRI 2.1 Advantages and Limitations of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain 2.2 Research of Task‐based Functional Activation 2.3 Research of Structural Features of the Brain 2.4 Research of Brain Connectivity References 3 Assessment of Oral Functions 3.1 Assessment of Masticatory and Swallowing Performance 3.2 Assessment of Orofacial Pain and Somatosensory Experience 3.3 Assessment of Cognitive Functions and Emotional Experience References

      14  Part II: Neuroimaging Research of Brain Mechanisms of Oral Functions 4 Brain Mechanisms of Oral Motor Functions 4.1 Introduction of Brain Mechanisms of Motor Control 4.2 Brain Mechanisms of Human Mastication 4.3 Brain Mechanisms of Human Swallowing 4.4 Cognitive Processing and Motor Learning of Oromotor Movement References 5 Brain Mechanisms of Oral Sensory Functions 5.1 Brain Mechanisms of Oral Somatosensory Processing 5.2 Brain Mechanisms of Gustation 5.3 Cognitive–Affective Issues of Oral Sensory Functions 5.4 Brain Mechanisms of Multisensory Integration References 6 Brain Mechanisms of Pain and Anxiety of Dental Patients 6.1 Brain Mechanisms Related to Pain 6.2 Chronic Pain, Neural Plasticity and Central Sensitization 6.3 Brain Mechanisms of Chronic Orofacial Pain 6.4 Brain Mechanisms of Dental Fear and Anxiety References

      15  Part III: Translational Research of Dental Neuroimaging 7 Age‐related Differences in the Brain–Stomatognathic Axis 7.1 Age‐related Differences in Brain Mechanisms 7.2 Age‐related Changes in Oral Sensorimotor Functions 7.3 Association Between the Brain and Oral Functions in Older People 7.4 Association Between Oral Conditions and Neurodegenerative Disorders References 8 Brain Mechanisms of Adaptation of Oral Sensorimotor Functions 8.1 Brain Plasticity and Adaptation 8.2 Adaptation of Pain and Oral Sensory Functions 8.3 Functional Adaptation of Mastication and Swallowing 8.4 Brain Plasticity Associated with Oral Functional Training References 9 A Synthesis Between Neuroimaging and Oral Healthcare 9.1 Assessment of Individual Differences in Brain–Stomatognathic Axis 9.2 Future Direction of Neuroimaging in Oral Neuroscience References

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