"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, 
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				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 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.670.675 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814.906 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Secondary Somatosensory CortexSecondary Somatosensory CortexCortex, Secondary SomatosensorySomatosensory Cortex, SecondarySecondary Sensory CortexCortex, Secondary SensorySensory Cortex, SecondarySecondary Somatosensory AreaArea, Secondary SomatosensoryAreas, Secondary SomatosensorySecondary Somatosensory AreasSomatosensory Area, SecondarySomatosensory Areas, SecondarySecond Somatic Sensory Area
 Primary Somatosensory CortexPrimary Somatosensory CortexCortex, Primary SomatosensoryPrimary Somatosensory CorticesSomatosensory Cortex, PrimarySI CortexCortex, SIPrimary Somatosensory AreaArea, Primary SomatosensoryAreas, Primary SomatosensorySomatosensory Area, PrimarySomatosensory Areas, PrimaryPrimary Somatosensory AreasAnterior Parietal CortexCortex, Anterior ParietalParietal Cortex, AnteriorPrimary Somatic Sensory Area
 Postcentral GyrusPostcentral GyrusGyrus, PostcentralPost Central GyrusGyrus, Post CentralGyrus Postcentralis
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| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Somatosensory Cortex" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Alteration of Cortical Somatosensory Feedback in Post-Stroke Movement Control. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2024 Jul; 2024:1-4. 
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								Taking the body off the mind: Decreased functional connectivity between somatomotor and default-mode networks following Floatation-REST. Hum Brain Mapp. 2021 07; 42(10):3216-3227. 
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								Cortical plasticity in phantom limb pain: A fMRI study on the neural correlates of behavioral clinical manifestations. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2020 10 30; 304:111151. 
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								Purinergic glio-endothelial coupling during neuronal activity: role of P2Y1 receptors and eNOS in functional hyperemia in the mouse somatosensory cortex. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2015 Dec 01; 309(11):H1837-45. 
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								Mapping resting-state functional connectivity using perfusion MRI. Neuroimage. 2008 May 01; 40(4):1595-605. 
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								Unraveling multisensory integration: patchy organization within human STS multisensory cortex. Nat Neurosci. 2004 Nov; 7(11):1190-2. 
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								Characterizing the functional significance of the neonatal rat vibrissae prior to the onset of whisking. Somatosens Mot Res. 2003; 20(2):157-62. 
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								Caloric restricted male rats demonstrate fewer synapses in layer 2 of sensorimotor cortex. Brain Res. 2002 Mar 22; 931(1):32-40. 
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								Insulin-like growth factor-1 does not ameliorate the age-related decline in presumptive inhibitory synapses in layer 2 of rat sensorimotor cortex. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2002 Jan; 26(1):97-102. 
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								Age-related synaptic changes in sensorimotor cortex of the Brown Norway X fischer 344 rat. Brain Res. 2000 Jul 28; 872(1-2):125-33.