{"id":212835,"date":"2025-04-30T01:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/somatosensory-mapping-using-a-novel-sensory-discrimination-operative-neurosurgery"},"modified":"2025-04-30T01:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:18:18","slug":"somatosensory-mapping-using-a-novel-sensory-discrimination-operative-neurosurgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/somatosensory-mapping-using-a-novel-sensory-discrimination-operative-neurosurgery","title":{"rendered":"Somatosensory Mapping Using a Novel Sensory Discrimination\u2026 : Operative Neurosurgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/somatosensory-mapping-using-a-novel-sensory-discrimination-operative-neurosurgery.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Responses, necessitating refined somatosensory mapping techniques.<\/p>\n<p>METHODS:<\/p>\n<p>Using piezoelectric tactile stimulators on patients\u2019 faces and hands, we delivered 25 Hz vibrations and prompted patients to discriminate between dermatomes. Testing included areas contralateral to tumor-infiltrated and to non\u2013tumor-infiltrated cortical regions. Sensory thresholds were determined by reducing stimulus intensity based on performance. Intraoperatively, electrocorticography electrode arrays were used to map sensory responses, and postoperative assessments evaluated sensory outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responses, necessitating refined somatosensory mapping techniques. METHODS: Using piezoelectric tactile stimulators on patients\u2019 faces and hands, we delivered 25 Hz vibrations and prompted patients to discriminate between dermatomes. Testing included areas contralateral to tumor-infiltrated and to non\u2013tumor-infiltrated cortical regions. Sensory thresholds were determined by reducing stimulus intensity based on performance. Intraoperatively, electrocorticography electrode arrays were [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}