Somatosensory Cortex
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Increased expression of the growth-associated protein 43 gene in the sensorimotor cortex of the macaque monkey after lesioning the lateral corticospinal tract.

18 Oct 2009 To investigate the neural basis for functional recovery of the cerebral cortex following spinal cord injury, we measured the expression of growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43), which is involved in the process of synaptic sprouting. We determined ... Read more...

A dynamic causal model of the coupling between pulse stimulation and neural activity.

29 Sep 2009 We present a dynamic causal model that can explain context-dependent changes in neural responses, in the rat barrel cortex, to an electrical whisker stimulation at different frequencies. Neural responses were measured in terms of local field ... Read more...

Misleading functional magnetic resonance imaging mapping of the cortical hand representation in a 4-year-old boy with an arteriovenous malformation of the central region.

29 Sep 2009 Functional MR imaging is dependent on the hemodynamic response function of the brain. Cerebrovascular anomalies may lead to hemodynamic artifacts, contorting the true localization of neural activation. This is illustrated in the case of a 4-year-old ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Somatosensory Cortex'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Increased expression of the growth-associated protein 43 gene in the sensorimotor cortex of the macaque monkey after lesioning the lateral corticospinal tract. 18 Oct 2009
• A dynamic causal model of the coupling between pulse stimulation and neural activity. 29 Sep 2009
• Misleading functional magnetic resonance imaging mapping of the cortical hand representation in a 4-year-old boy with an arteriovenous malformation of the central region. 29 Sep 2009
• Passive range of motion functional magnetic resonance imaging localizing sensorimotor cortex in sedated children. 29 Sep 2009
• Functional and anatomical reorganization of the sensory-motor cortex after incomplete spinal cord injury in adult rats. 28 Sep 2009
• Reliable and precise neuronal firing during sensory plasticity in superficial layers of primary somatosensory cortex. 21 Sep 2009
• Analogous intermediate shape coding in vision and touch. 2 Sep 2009
• Spiking in primary somatosensory cortex during natural whisking in awake head-restrained rats is cell-type specific. 2 Sep 2009
• Altered distribution and function of A2A adenosine receptors in the brain of WAG/Rij rats with genetic absence epilepsy, before and after appearance of the disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of different viewing perspectives on somatosensory activations during observation of touch. 30 Aug 2009
• Improved EEG source analysis using low-resolution conductivity estimation in a four-compartment finite element head model. 30 Aug 2009
• Paternal deprivation induces dendritic and synaptic changes and hemispheric asymmetry of pyramidal neurons in the somatosensory cortex. 30 Aug 2009
• Does damage to somatosensory circuits underlie motor impairment in cerebral palsy? 30 Aug 2009
• Sensory systems. 26 Aug 2009
• The impact of high-order interactions on the rate of synchronous discharge and information transmission in somatosensory cortex. 26 Aug 2009
• Differential topography of the bilateral cortical projections to the whisker and forepaw regions in rat motor cortex. 10 Aug 2009
• Neuronal circuit remodeling in the contralateral cortical hemisphere during functional recovery from cerebral infarction. 10 Aug 2009
• Cell-type identity: a key to unlocking the function of neocortical circuits. 8 Aug 2009
• Early development of the thalamic inhibitory feedback loop in the primary somatosensory system of the newborn mice. 3 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Somatosensory Cortex'

Definition: Area of the parietal lobe concerned with receiving general sensations. It lies posterior to the central sulcus.

Descriptor UI: D013003

Alternative terms: Somatosensory Cortex; Cortex, Somatosensory;

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Tree Number: A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.670.675;

History Note: 71