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cortex
cortex in botany, term generally applied to the outer soft tissues of the leaves, stems, and roots of plants. Cortical cells of the leaves and outer layers of nonwoody stems contain chloroplasts, and are modified for food storage (usually in the form of starch) in roots and the inner layers of stem... Read more
adrenal gland
adrenal gland or suprarenal gland , endocrine gland (see endocrine system ) about 2 in. (5.1 cm) long situated atop each kidney. The outer yellowish layer (cortex) of the adrenal gland secretes about 30 steroid hormones, the most important of which are aldosterone and cortisol . Cortisol reg... Read more
aldosterone
aldosterone , steroid secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland. It is the most potent hormone regulating the body's electrolyte balance. Aldosterone acts directly on the kidney to decrease the rate of sodium-ion excretion (with accompanying retention of water), and to increase the rate of potas... Read more
cortisol
cortisol or hydrocortisone, steroid hormone that in humans is the major circulating hormone of the cortex, or outer layer, of the adrenal gland . Like cortisone , cortisol is classed as a glucocorticoid; it stimulates liver glycogen formation while it decreases the rate of glucose utilizati... Read more
corticosterone
corticosterone , steroid hormone secreted by the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland . Classed as a glucocorticoid, corticosterone helps regulate the conversion of amino acids into carbohydrates and glycogen by the liver, and helps stimulate glycogen formation in the tissues. Corticoster... Read more
Edward Calvin Kendall
Edward Calvin Kendall 1886-1972, American biochemist, b. South Norwalk, Conn., grad. Columbia (B.S., 1908; Ph.D., 1910). At St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, he did research on the thyroid gland (1911-14). He became (1914) head of the biochemistry section at the Mayo Clinic and was (1921-51) prof... Read more
steroids
steroids class of lipids having a particular molecular ring structure called the cyclopentanoperhydro-phenanthrene ring system. Steroids differ from one another in the structure of various side chains and additional rings. Steroids are common in both plants and animals. In humans, steroids are se... Read more
Torsten Nils Wiesel
Torsten Nils Wiesel 1924-, Swedish neurobiologist, b. Uppsala, Sweden. After earning a degree in medicine from Karolinska Univ., Stockholm (1954), he took a research position at Johns Hopkins Univ., where he began his work with David Hunter Hubel . The two relocated their research operations to Ha... Read more
hair
hair slender threadlike outgrowth from the skin of mammals. In some animals hair grows in dense profusion and is called fur or wool . Although all mammals show some indication of hair formation, dense hair is more common among species located in colder climates and has the obvious function of in... Read more
Addison's disease
Addison's disease [for Thomas Addison ], progressive disease brought about by atrophy of the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland ; it is also called chronic adrenocortical insufficiency. The deterioration of this tissue causes a decrease in the secretion of steroid hormones, many of whic... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "somatosensory cortex"

phantom limb
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...body's skin surface on the somatosensory region of the cerebral cortex (described as a result...the hand. Changes in somatosensory cortex topography — occurring...nfield's original maps of the somatosensory cortex. Vivid ‘movements... Read more
tickling
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...when someone else does the tickling. The areas of the cerebral cortex associated with the sensation of touch (the somatosensory cortex ) and pleasure (the anterior cingulate cortex ) react much more strongly to a tickling stimulus delivered... Read more
somatic sensation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...research on the mechanisms underlying somatic sensation (somatosensory mechanisms) began in the nineteenth century with psychophysical...connected through chains of nerve cells (neurons) to the somatosensory areas of the brain's cerebral cortex in such a way that the specificity of the information is... Read more

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Are minimal, superficial or sham acupuncture procedures acceptable as inert placebo controls?
Magazine article from: Acupuncture in Medicine; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...activity in the insular region, but not in the somatosensory cortex. Activity in these C tactile afferents has been...activity in the insular region, but not in the somatosensory cortex. (8) Activity in these C tactile afferents has... Read more
Evidence of Fetal Pain Continues to Accumulate.
Magazine article from: National Right to Life News; 5/1/2006; 615 words ; ...of blood and oxygen in the somatosensory cortex, the part of the brain that...surges of blood and oxygen in somatosensory cortex) gives an added confirmation...ascending pain fibers reach the cortex by 20 weeks, if not earlier... Read more
Migraine brains 'are different'.(International)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: CME: Your SA Journal of CPD; 1/1/2008; ; 110 words ; ...of people who develop migraines. They found a part of the cortex is thicker than in people who are free from the debilitating...with 12 who do not suffer the condition. They found the somatosensory cortex area of the brain was up to 21% thicker in the migraine... Read more
Cortical representation of the vestibular system as evidenced by brain electrical activity mapping of vestibular late evoked potentials.
Magazine article from: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...gyrus postcentralis, which corresponds to the primary somatosensory fields, Brodmann's areas 1, 2, and 3). In this article...models [1-3] and direct stimulation of the exposed cortex in humans, [4] which elicits a sensation of vertigo...within the anterior sylvian sulcus between the facial somatosensory ... Read more
Acupuncturists don't feel the pain.(News)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Chinese Medicine; 6/1/2008; ; 172 words ; ...parts, including the mouth, hands and feet. Results indicated that the anterior insula somatosensory cortex, periaqueducal gray, and anterior cingulate cortex were significantly activated in the control group, but not in the expert group, who... Read more
Mood disorders, depression, brain chemistry relationship to weight loss and sleep disorders.(Psychotherapist Review and Commentary)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...modified 11-point Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale. Somatosensory event-related potential correlates of noxious electrical...from conscious awareness, in which the anterior frontal cortex participates in a topographically specific inhibitory feedback...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Crawford HJ et al. Hypnotic ... Read more
Neural plasticity in adult somatic sensory-motor systems.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 9/1/2005; 184 words ; ...sensory deprivation in sensory function of the SI barrel cortex, the role of plasticity in sensomotor transformations, neural plasticity in the adult motor cortex, reorganization of the motor cortex after damage in the motor system, and a behavioral basis of focal hand dystonia through aberrant learning ... Read more
Low back pain and hypnosis.(Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology Review and Commentary)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 1/1/2005; ; 468 words ; ...modified 11-point Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale. Somatosensory event-related potential correlates of noxious electrical...third session. Crawford HJ et al. Hypnotic analgesia: 1. Somatosensory event-related potential changes to noxious stimull and...from conscious awareness, in which the anterior ... Read more
Professor Sven Andersson in memoriam--the Swedish father of Acupuncture.(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Acupuncture in Medicine; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...register the activity in individual nerve cells in the somatosensory cortex. He used this technology later for his doctoral dissertation on the role of spinal reflexes in somatosensory processing. Professor Andersson was awarded his doctorate... Read more
Use of Play Therapy in the Treatment of Balance Disorders.
Magazine article from: Palaestra; 1/1/1999; 700+ words ; ...presented through the senses, including the somatosensory, vestibular, and visual systems. These...appropriate mode of sensation. The motor cortex then organizes the appropriate message...planning. In conjunction with the cerebral cortex, the cerebellum works to promote muscle... Read more