of or pertaining to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated withthe primary sense organs
Word origin
[1950–55; somato- + sensory]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: action painting, bleep, drip-dry, hot line, point spreadsomato- is a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix somato- include: somatogenic, somatology, somatomedin, somatoplasm, somatopsychic
Examples of 'somatosensory' in a sentence
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Somatosensory evoked spikes by foot stimulation were observed in 9.5% cases.
Gloria M.A.S. Tedrus, Lineu Corrêa Fonseca 2005, 'Epilepsias idiopáticas focais occipitais da infância: estudo de 63 casos Idiopathicchildhood occipital epilepsies: clinical and electroencephalographic features in 63children', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2005000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Many neurological diseases impair the motor and somatosensory systems.
Giulia Ballardini, Giorgio Carlini, Psiche Giannoni, Robert A. Scheidt, Robert A.Scheidt, Robert A. Scheidt, Ilana Nisky, Ilana Nisky, Maura Casadio 2018, 'Tactile-STAR: A Novel Tactile STimulator And Recorder System for Evaluating and ImprovingTactile Perception', Frontiers in Neuroroboticshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbot.2018.00012/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We then clarified the relationship between somatosensory amplification, somatosensory catastrophizing, and physical symptoms.
Hiroshi Seto, Mutsuhiro Nakao 2017, 'Relationships between catastrophic thought, bodily sensations and physical symptoms',BioPsychoSocial Medicinehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13030-017-0110-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Reorganization of somatosensory function influences the clinical recovery of subjects with congenital unilateral brain lesions.
Simona Fiori, Laura Biagi, Paolo Cecchi, Giovanni Cioni, Elena Beani, Michela Tosetti,Mirco Cosottini, Andrea Guzzetta 2018, 'Potentials of Ultrahigh-Field MRI for the Study of Somatosensory Reorganization inCongenital Hemiplegia', Neural Plasticityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8472807. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The gentle tactile stimulus showed great accuracy in determining somatosensory cortex activation.
Simona Fiori, Laura Biagi, Paolo Cecchi, Giovanni Cioni, Elena Beani, Michela Tosetti,Mirco Cosottini, Andrea Guzzetta 2018, 'Potentials of Ultrahigh-Field MRI for the Study of Somatosensory Reorganization inCongenital Hemiplegia', Neural Plasticityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8472807. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We found that both visual and vestibular events increased somatosensory sensitivity.
Elisa Raffaella Ferrè, Leif Erik Walther, Patrick Haggard 2015, 'Multisensory interactions between vestibular, visual and somatosensory signals.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4395320?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All other reported brain areas showed significant positive correlations solely with subjective somatosensory experiences reports.
Clemens C C Bauer, Fernando A Barrios, José-Luis Díaz 2014, 'Subjective somatosensory experiences disclosed by focused attention: cortical-hippocampal-insularand amygdala contributions.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4148258?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A somatosensory evoked potential study also revealed predominantly ipsilateral cortical sensory responses.
Chi-Wei Lin, Chung-Ping Lo, Min-Chien Tu 2018, 'Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis: a case report with magnetic resonancetractography and electrophysiological study', BMC Neurologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-018-1081-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We used the somatosensory system to examine possible within-modality differences.
Benjamin Bodmer, Julia Friedrich, Veit Roessner, Christian Beste 2018, 'Differences in response inhibition processes between adolescents and adults are modulatedby sensory processes', Developmental Cognitive Neurosciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929318300021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We also measured saccades to visual or somatosensory cues.
Rosalyn M. Schneider, Matthew J. Thurtell, Sylvia Eisele, Norah Lincoff, Elisa Bala,R. John Leigh 2013, 'Neurological Basis for Eye Movements of the Blind', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0056556. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)