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What is Like other sensory systems, the somatosensory system has a descending component that functions to regulate the overall sensitivity of the system. Which of the following selections best describes the function of the coicofugal signals transmitted from the somatosensory coex downward to the thalamus and dorsal column nuclei? and explain in detail?
Descending coical modulation of somatosensation involves in increase or decrease in the perception of signal intensity.