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Axons of dorsal spinocerebellar tract which respond to activity in cutaneous receptors

Axons of dorsal spinocerebellar tract which respond to activity in cutaneous receptors Spinocerebellar in Tract Which to Activity D. of MANN Receptors Department Physical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850 NOTIONS OF the cerebellum as an integrator exclusively of proprioceptive information have substantially ?anged and the role of information in cerebellar function is now being explored. The importance of mossy fiber activity resulting from stimulation of primary afferent fibers has recentlv been emphasized by the work of Eccles and his coworkers (9, 23, 24). They showed that evoked potentia 1s produced by such activity a re always of larger amplitude than those produced by stimulation of muscle nerves-of comparable size (9) and that the of the potentials evoked by stimulation medial, central, and lateral branches of the plantar nerve are sufficiently localized to give information about the part of the foot receiving stimulation (24). The pathways by which this activity reaches the cerebellar cortex have received considerable attention (for a review of afferent pathways see ref cerebellar 40). Although several hindlimb spinocerebellar pathways end as mossy fibers, only the dorsal spinocerebellar tract (DSCT) has a low-threshold component (32, 39, 40). That the DSCT is responsible for conduction of activity to the cerebellar cortex is suggested by the similarity of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neurophysiology The American Physiological Society

Axons of dorsal spinocerebellar tract which respond to activity in cutaneous receptors

M. D. Mann
Journal of Neurophysiology , Volume 34: 1035 – Nov 1, 1971
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Spinocerebellar in Tract Which to Activity D. of MANN Receptors Department Physical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850 NOTIONS OF the cerebellum as an integrator exclusively of proprioceptive information have substantially ?anged and the role of information in cerebellar function is now being explored. The importance of mossy fiber activity resulting from stimulation of primary afferent fibers has recentlv been emphasized by the work of Eccles and his coworkers (9, 23, 24). They showed that evoked potentia 1s produced by such activity a re always of larger amplitude than those produced by stimulation of muscle nerves-of comparable size (9) and that the of the potentials evoked by stimulation medial, central, and lateral branches of the plantar nerve are sufficiently localized to give information about the part of the foot receiving stimulation (24). The pathways by which this activity reaches the cerebellar cortex have received considerable attention (for a review of afferent pathways see ref cerebellar 40). Although several hindlimb spinocerebellar pathways end as mossy fibers, only the dorsal spinocerebellar tract (DSCT) has a low-threshold component (32, 39, 40). That the DSCT is responsible for conduction of activity to the cerebellar cortex is suggested by the similarity of

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Published: Nov 1, 1971

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