Somatosensory Flashcards by Xi Chu | Brainscape

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thalamic Ventral Posterior lateral (VPL) nucleus

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mechanosensory; arms, trunk, legs

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thalamic Ventral Posterior medial (VPM) nucleus

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mechanosensory; face

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thalamic Ventral Medial posterior (VMp)

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pain

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thalamic posterior nucleus

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viscerosensory

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thalamic Medial Dorsal (MD) nucleus

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pain, emotions, cognition; “sensual” touch

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thalamic Ventral Posterior medial parvocellular nucleus (VPMpc)

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taste

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VPM projects to

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postcentral gyrus

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VMp projects to

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insular corte

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MD projects to

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anterior cingulate gyrus

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Meissner’s corpuscles

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flutter

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Merkel cells

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pressure

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Pacinian corpuscles

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vibration

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Ruffini endings

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stretch

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