Influencing Touch Perception, from Above (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Influencing Touch Perception, from Above

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S1 neurons descending from the somatosensory cortex down toward the spinal cord's dorsal horns, where they activate the same neurons that receive tactile sensory information from the body.

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Yuanyuan Liu/Boston Children's Hospital

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