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Definition of Somatosensory
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the somatosenses.
Definition of Somatosensory
1. Adjective. (biology) Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Somatosensory
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Somatosensory
1. Sensation relating to the body's superficial and deep parts as contrasted to specialised senses such as sight. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatosensory
Literary usage of Somatosensory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"... for example, have been successfully used to study visual (6), auditory (7)
and somatosensory (8) changes produced by long-term neurotoxic exposures. ..."
2. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"When input is dramatically modified in the adult (such as input to the somatosensory
cortex being modified by the removal of a finger), the cortex can adapt ..."
3. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"When input is dramatically modified in the adult (such as input to the somatosensory
cortex being modified by the removal of a finger), the cortex can adapt ..."
4. Post-Stroke Rehabilitation by Pamela W. Duncan, William B. Stason (2004)
"somatosensory Deficits somatosensory deficits can range from the loss of simple
... Interactions may occur between cognitive and somatosensory disturbances. ..."
5. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"In the somatosensory system, the broadly tuned secondary thalamic nuclei project
to superficial somatosensory cortex, again parallel to the layer-IV ..."
6. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"More recently, prenatal alcohol exposure was shown to alter serotonin uptake
processes in the motor, but not somatosensory, cortex of 19- and 35-day-old ..."
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