| somatosensory cortex | Area of the parietal lobe concerned with receiving general sensations. It lies posterior to the central sulcus. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| somatosensory evoked potential | The computer-averaged cortical and subcortical responses to repetitive stimulation of peripheral nerve sensory fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatosexual | Denoting the somatic aspects of sexuality as distinguished from its psychosexual aspects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatostatin | <protein> Gastrointestinal and hypothalmic peptide hormone (two forms: 14 and 28 residues), found in gastric mucosa, pancreatic islets, nerves of the gastrointestinal tract, in posterior pituitary and in the central nervous system. Inhibits gastric secretion and motility: in hypothalamus/pituitary inhibits somatotropin release. (18 Nov 1997) |
| somatostatin-28 convertase | <enzyme> Converts somatostatin-28 to somatostatin-14 and somatostatin-28(1-12) Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- Synonym: s-28 convertase (26 Jun 1999) |
| somatostatinoma | A rare somatostatin-secreting tumour of pancreatic delta cells associated with diabetes mellitus or abnormal glucose tolerance. It is also found in the intestine. Of the reported primary tumours, 60% were found in the pancreas and 40% in the duodenum or jejunum. most patients were between 40 and 60 years of age with a 2:1 ratio of females to males. (12 Dec 1998) |
| somatotherapy | 1. Therapy directed at physical disorders. 2. In psychiatry, a variety of therapeutic interventions employing chemical or physical, as opposed to psychological, methods. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatotopagnosis | The inability to identify any part of the body, either one's own or another's body. Compare: autotopagnosia. Synonym: somatagnosia. Origin: somato-+ top-+ G. A-priv. + G. Gnosis, knowledge (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatotopic | Relating to somatotopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatotopy | The topographic association of positional relationships of receptors in the body via respective nerve fibres to their terminal distribution in specific functional areas of the cerebral cortex; the continuation of these positional relationships in all stages of the ascent of nerve fibres through the central nervous system enables the brain and spinal cord to function on a basis of spatially designated units. Origin: somato-+ G. Topos, place (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatotropes | A subclass of pituitary acidophilic cells; site of synthesis of growth hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatotroph | A cell of the adenohypophysis that produces somatotropin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatotrophic | Synonym: somatotropic. Origin: somato-+ G. Trophe, nourishment (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatotrophic adenoma | <radiology> Elevated growth hormone (greater than10 ng/ml), gigantism, acromegaly see: pituitary adenoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| somatotrophin | <protein> Growth hormone, somatotropin. (18 Nov 1997) |