In contrast to physically and hypnotically induced pain, the imagined condition provided minimal activation in the anterior cingulated cortex, insula, and secondary somatosensory cortex. Activation in ...

but new data published in Cerebral Cortex show that NBCs are the most common type of basket cell in layers II/III of the somatosensory cortex, and that they are a powerful inhibitory force in ...

The somatosensory system consists of the peripheral receptors and neural pathways through which the nervous system detects and processes information about touch (mechanoception), pain (nociception ...