TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Receptors of the Somatosensory System A1 - Kandel, Eric R. A1 - Koester, John D. A1 - Mack, Sarah H. A1 - Siegelbaum, Steven A. PY - 2021 T2 - Principles of Neural Science, 6e AB - NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL sensory modalities were first conducted in the somatosensory system (Greek soma, the body), the system that transmits information coded by receptors distributed throughout the body. Charles Sherrington, one of the earliest investigators of these bodily senses, noted that the somatosensory system serves three major functions: proprioception, exteroception, and interoception. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180641360 ER -