Abstract is: In neuroanatomy, the postcentral gyrus is a prominent gyrus in the lateral parietal lobe of the human brain. It is the location of the primary somatosensory cortex, the main sensory receptive area for the sense of touch. Like other sensory areas, there is a map of sensory space in this location, called the sensory homunculus. The primary somatosensory cortex was initially defined from surface stimulation studies of Wilder Penfield, and parallel surface potential studies of Bard, Woolsey, and Marshall. Although initially defined to be roughly the same as Brodmann areas 3, 1 and 2, more recent work by Kaas has suggested that for homogeny with other sensory fields only area 3 should be referred to as "primary somatosensory cortex", as it receives the bulk of the thalamocortical projections from the sensory input fields.
gyrus | Q1758383 |
class of anatomical entity | Q112826905 |
gyrus | Q1758383 |
particular anatomical entity | Q112826975 |
P4395 | BrainInfo ID (hierarchical) | 87 |
P1402 | Foundational Model of Anatomy ID | 61896 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/03wmv7 |
P696 | Interlex ID | birnlex_1070 |
P3827 | JSTOR topic ID (archived) | somatosensory-cortex |
P6366 | Microsoft Academic ID | 2778811784 |
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P4394 | NeuroNames ID (plain mode) | 105 |
P10283 | OpenAlex ID | C2778811784 |
P7173 | TA2 ID | 5469 |
P3982 | TA98 Latin term | gyrus postcentralis |
P1323 | Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID | A14.1.09.128 |
P1554 | UBERON ID | 0002581 |
P1343 | described by source | Gray's Anatomy (20th edition) | Q19558994 |