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Functional organization in nucleus gracilis of the cat

Functional organization in nucleus gracilis of the cat J. Phy8iol. (1960), 153, pp. 331-349 With 1 plate and 7 text-figures Printed in Great Britain FUNCTIONAL IN ORGANIZATION NUCLEUS GRACILIS OF THE CAT BY G. AND GORDON C. H. PAINE From the Univer8ity Laboratory of Phy8iology, Oxford (Received 25 March 1960) The dorsal column nuclei (nucleus cuneatus and nucleus gracilis), receiving many primary afferent fibres from the dorsal columns and sending many secondary fibres into the medial lemniscus, might be expected to be in that could interesting they contribute to the central of analysis sensory information. These nuclei appear to have a high factor of safety in trans- as the mission, judged by work of Therman who (1941), studied their function as 'relays'. More it recently, has been suggested that con- they tain that are paths not purely and that monosynaptic their organization is therefore more than that complex of and limited simple relays; spatial facilitation and inhibition of single neurones have been described (Amassian & de Vito, 1957). We have approached this problem from the point of view of the way or ways inwhich impulses set up by combinations of tactile stimuli are handled by these nuclei, bearing in mind that such phenomena as mutual spatial inhibition http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Physiology Wiley

Functional organization in nucleus gracilis of the cat

Gordon, G.; Paine, C. H.
The Journal of Physiology , Volume 153 (2) – Jan 1, 1960
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0022-3751
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J. Phy8iol. (1960), 153, pp. 331-349 With 1 plate and 7 text-figures Printed in Great Britain FUNCTIONAL IN ORGANIZATION NUCLEUS GRACILIS OF THE CAT BY G. AND GORDON C. H. PAINE From the Univer8ity Laboratory of Phy8iology, Oxford (Received 25 March 1960) The dorsal column nuclei (nucleus cuneatus and nucleus gracilis), receiving many primary afferent fibres from the dorsal columns and sending many secondary fibres into the medial lemniscus, might be expected to be in that could interesting they contribute to the central of analysis sensory information. These nuclei appear to have a high factor of safety in trans- as the mission, judged by work of Therman who (1941), studied their function as 'relays'. More it recently, has been suggested that con- they tain that are paths not purely and that monosynaptic their organization is therefore more than that complex of and limited simple relays; spatial facilitation and inhibition of single neurones have been described (Amassian & de Vito, 1957). We have approached this problem from the point of view of the way or ways inwhich impulses set up by combinations of tactile stimuli are handled by these nuclei, bearing in mind that such phenomena as mutual spatial inhibition

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