"Somatosensory Cortex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Area of the parietal lobe concerned with receiving sensations such as movement, pain, pressure, position, temperature, touch, and vibration. It lies posterior to the central sulcus.
| Descriptor ID |
D013003
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.670.675 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814.906
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| Concept/Terms |
Secondary Somatosensory Cortex- Secondary Somatosensory Cortex
- Cortex, Secondary Somatosensory
- Somatosensory Cortex, Secondary
- Secondary Sensory Cortex
- Cortex, Secondary Sensory
- Sensory Cortex, Secondary
- Secondary Somatosensory Area
- Area, Secondary Somatosensory
- Areas, Secondary Somatosensory
- Secondary Somatosensory Areas
- Somatosensory Area, Secondary
- Somatosensory Areas, Secondary
- Second Somatic Sensory Area
Primary Somatosensory Cortex- Primary Somatosensory Cortex
- Cortex, Primary Somatosensory
- Primary Somatosensory Cortices
- Somatosensory Cortex, Primary
- SI Cortex
- Cortex, SI
- Primary Somatosensory Area
- Area, Primary Somatosensory
- Areas, Primary Somatosensory
- Somatosensory Area, Primary
- Somatosensory Areas, Primary
- Primary Somatosensory Areas
- Anterior Parietal Cortex
- Cortex, Anterior Parietal
- Parietal Cortex, Anterior
- Primary Somatic Sensory Area
Postcentral Gyrus- Postcentral Gyrus
- Gyrus, Postcentral
- Post Central Gyrus
- Gyrus, Post Central
- Gyrus Postcentralis
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Somatosensory Cortex" by people in Profiles.
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Biomimetic stimulation patterns drive natural artificial touch percepts using intracortical microstimulation in humans. J Neural Eng. 2025 May 14; 22(3).
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Conveying tactile object characteristics through customized intracortical microstimulation of the human somatosensory cortex. Nat Commun. 2025 May 01; 16(1):4017.
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Subthreshold intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex enhances tactile sensitivity. Brain Stimul. 2025 May-Jun; 18(3):900-908.
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Tactile edges and motion via patterned microstimulation of the human somatosensory cortex. Science. 2025 01 17; 387(6731):315-322.
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A Roadmap for Implanting Electrode Arrays to Evoke Tactile Sensations Through Intracortical Stimulation. Hum Brain Mapp. 2024 Dec 15; 45(18):e70118.
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Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex induces natural perceptual biases. Brain Stimul. 2024 Nov-Dec; 17(6):1178-1185.
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Synaptic integration of somatosensory and motor cortical inputs onto spiny projection neurons of mice caudoputamen. Eur J Neurosci. 2024 Oct; 60(8):6107-6122.
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Disentangling Temporal and Rate Codes in the Primate Somatosensory Cortex. J Neurosci. 2024 Sep 18; 44(38).
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Microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex evokes task-dependent, spatially patterned responses in motor cortex. Nat Commun. 2023 11 10; 14(1):7270.
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A context-dependent switch from sensing to feeling in the primate amygdala. Cell Rep. 2023 02 28; 42(2):112056.