Not exact matches
By implanting electrodes into the
somatosensory cortex — the
brain region that registers touch — Brecht and his team have identified the neurons that activate physical
responses to tickling (Science, doi.org/bsxv).
Brain response to acupuncture stimuli encompasses a broad network of regions consistent with not just
somatosensory, but also affective and cognitive processing.
During the Transcendental Meditation program, early (sensory) components of the
brain's
response to
somatosensory stimuli are more widely distributed across the cortex, indicating greater participation of the whole
brain in the
response to a stimulus.
He maintained and ran an electrodiagnostic service offering ancillary neurodiagnostic services including electromyography, nerve conduction studies,
brain stem auditory evoked
responses, electroencephalography, electroretinography, and
somatosensory evoked potentials.