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somatosensory

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somatosensory /so·ma·to·sen·sory/ (so″mah-to-sen´sŏ-re) pertaining to sensations received in the skin and deep tissues.
so·mat·o·sen·so·ry (s-mt-sns-r, sm-t-)
adj.
Of or relating to the perception of sensory stimuli from the skin and internal organs.
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The second pathway goes from fibres in the skin to most likely the somatosensory cortex-a part of the brain involved in mapping the outside of the body and the sense of posture.
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Somatosensory amplification (awareness of and concern about ordinarily benign somatic sensations) has also been associated with pain disorders (McDermid, Rollman, & McCain, 1996; Raphael, Marbach, & Gallagher, 2000).
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One potentially promising method for assessing the mechanisms that contribute to the development and/or maintenance of neuropathic pain after SCI is the use of quantitative sensory testing (QST) to evaluate the hypoand hypersensitivity of the somatosensory system [11].
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