How to Use somatosensory in a Sentence

somatosensory

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• The compound found in Sichuan peppercorns trigger somatosensory neurons to prevent the influx and efflux of electrolytes, Na^+ and K^+, through ion channels [6,7].
  — Anthony Martin, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2016
• The somatosensory system registers sensations detected by the muscles, joints, skin and the body tissues that connect them, called the fascia.
  — Gurpreet Singh, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2023
• These impulses travel through the central nervous system to the brain's somatosensory cortex.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2023
• The Stanford team transplanted these clusters of human cells into the somatosensory cortices of newborn rats—the area that processes sensory information, such as touch, from across the body.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2022
• Kleinfeld and collaborators then pushed deeper into the brain, examining the network of blood vessels that feed the neurons of the somatosensory cortex.
  — Emily Singer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2013
• In fact, the somatosensory neurons that make all these sensations possible constitute the largest sensory system in mammals.
  — Quanta Magazine, 4 Oct. 2021
• The researchers injected the human tissue into the rats’ somatosensory cortexes — regions that receive and process sensory information like touch or pain.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2022
• Ultimately, Lubetzky hopes her VR setup could help measure how much a patient with somatosensory system damage relies on their vision.
  — K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2017
• However, carbonation doesn't always taste sour to us because CO2 is detected by multiple somatosensory systems in the body.
  — Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2014
• Your somatosensory system takes input from external stimuli, such as heat, cold, pressure, and other physical inputs, and communicates these impulses through your spinal cord to your brain’s cerebral cortex.
  — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
• Hydro-alpha sanshool activates somatosensory neurons that are responsible for detecting innocuous stimuli such as a gentle touch.
  — Anthony Martin, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2016
• These muscle activations will generate proprioceptive and cutaneous feedback that will activate somatosensory areas, as well as in brain regions that receive input from the superior colliculus.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2018
• Previous studies in nonhuman primates have found similar delays in reaction time relative to natural touch when researchers delivered electrical stimulation to a single location within somatosensory cortex.
  — David Caldwell, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024