Brodmann areas 3, 1, and 2 of human brain. Brodmann area 3 is in red, area 1 in green, and area 2 in yellow.
Details
System
Somatosensory system
Location
Parietal lobe
Artery
Middle cerebral artery
Function
Primary somatosensory cortex
Identifiers
Latin
gyrus postcentralis
NeuroNames
105
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_1070
TA98
A14.1.09.128
TA2
5469
FMA
61896
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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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[citation needed].
In neuroanatomy, the postcentralgyrus is a prominent gyrus in the lateral parietal lobe of the human brain. It is the location of the primary somatosensory...
prominent grooves on the surface of the brain.) The postcentral sulcus divides the postcentralgyrus from the remainder of the parietal lobe. Lateral surface...
cytoarchitecturally defined as Brodmann area 4. The precentral gyrus lies in front of the postcentralgyrus - mostly on the lateral (convex) side of each cerebral...
body corresponds to a point on the primary somatosensory cortex (postcentralgyrus). This cortex is typically represented as a sensory homunculus which...
divisions of the body. The primary sensory cortex is located in the postcentralgyrus, and handles signals coming from the thalamus. The thalamus itself...
medial and shoulders lateral on top of both the precentral and the postcentralgyrus (for both motor and sensory). The man's head is depicted upside down...
information is relayed upward to the somatosensory cortex of the postcentralgyrus. The spinothalamic tract consists of two adjacent pathways: anterior...
somatosensory cortex which is just posterior to the central sulcus in the postcentralgyrus, and the dorsal stream of the visual system. The major sensory inputs...
brain network that primarily includes somatosensory (postcentralgyrus) and motor (precentral gyrus) regions and extends to the supplementary motor areas...
the parietal lobe. The representation of sensory information in the postcentralgyrus is organized somatotopically. Adjacent areas of the body are represented...
neuroanatomy, the primary somatosensory cortex is located in the postcentralgyrus of the brain's parietal lobe, and is part of the somatosensory system...
pressures that squish their shape causing an action potential. The postcentralgyrus includes the primary somatosensory cortex (Brodmann areas 3, 2 and...
bounded in front by the upper part of the postcentral sulcus, but is usually connected with the postcentralgyrus above the end of the sulcus. The superior...
the nucleus. These then project to the somatosensory cortex in the postcentralgyrus.[citation needed] There is uncertainty regarding the location of VMpo...
It is bounded approximately by the intraparietal sulcus, the inferior postcentral sulcus, the posterior subcentral sulcus and the lateral sulcus. It is...
association areas of the parietal, temporal, or occipital lobes, or the postcentralgyrus of either hemisphere. For other types of dementia, stereognosis does...
in the right postcentralgyrus and left angular gyrus, and decreased grey matter in the right cingulate gyrus, right paracingulate gyrus, left cerebellum...
cortex (on the precentral gyrus of the posterior frontal lobe) from the primary somatosensory cortex (on the postcentralgyrus of the anterior parietal...
The area includes gray matter along the central gyrus and its extension into the postcentralgyrus. Taste: The primary gustatory area consists of the...
neurons passing from the posterolateral nucleus of thalamus to the postcentralgyrus (in an anteroposterior somatotropic arrangement) the fibers of optic...
festival across Canada and the United States Brodmann area 1 or the "postcentralgyrus", part of the human brain East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts...
AJ; Chen, R (2008). "Digit somatotopy within cortical areas of the postcentralgyrus in humans". Cereb Cortex. 18 (10): 2341–51. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhm257...
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