Body and head are the sources of basic contact related sensory contact inputs to spinal cord and brainstem and these target the neocortex. The touch sensory modalities generate light touch, 2-point discrimination, vibration, stereognosis and pain. These functions emerge by connections

• Body and head are the sources of basic contact related sensory contact inputs to spinal cord and brainstem and these target the neocortex. The touch sensory modalities generate light touch, 2-point discrimination, vibration, stereognosis and pain. These functions emerge by connections