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Somatosensory system — The somatosensory system is a widespread and diverse sensory system comprising the receptors and processing centres to produce the sensory modalities touch, temperature, proprioception (body position), and nociception (pain). The sensory… … Wikipedia
somatic sensory area — somatosensory area either of the two cortical regions where conscious perception of somatic sensations occurs, called the first or primary somatosensory area and the second or secondary somatosensory area … Medical dictionary
SI area — first somatosensory a … Medical dictionary
Broca's area — Brain: Broca s area Approximate location of Broca s area highlighted in gray … Wikipedia
Dorsomedial area — The Dorsomedial area, also known as DM or V6, is a subdivision of the visual cortex of primates first described by John Allman and Jon Kaas in 1975. DM is located in the dorsal part of the extrastriate cortex, near the deep groove through the… … Wikipedia
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
Neuroplasticity — Contrary to common ideas as expressed in this diagram, brain functions are not confined to certain fixed locations. Neuroplasticity is a non specific neuroscience term referring to the ability of the brain and nervous system in all species to… … Wikipedia
Isothalamus — The isothalamus is a division used by some researchers in describing the thalamus. [Percheron, G. (2003) Thalamus . In Paxinos, G. and May, J.(eds). The human nervous system . 2d Ed. Elsevier. Amsterdam. pp.592 675] .The isothalamus constitutes… … Wikipedia
Platypus — For other uses, see Platypus (disambiguation). Platypus[1] Temporal range: 66–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Cerebral cortex — For other uses, see Cortex (disambiguation). Brain: Cerebral cortex The cerebral cortex is the outer layer depicted in dark violet … Wikipedia
