.... Ventrobasal complex Neuron populations Unit characteristics Somatic sensory system Efferent systems Afferent sources Mammals Brain, Behav. Evol. 7: 253-336 (1973) Principles of Organization of the Ventrobasal Complex in Mammals1 with 1 color plate W . I. W elker Laboratory of Neurophysiology...

... of their receptor origin [Pubols et al, 1965], As a consequence, the second-order neurons in TCG are organized somatotopically. Now, if each of several adjacent dorsal roots are stimulated electrical­ ly, their central projections in TCG would obviously have to overlap be- Ventrobasal complex Neuron...

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.... Ventrobasal complex Neuron populations Unit characteristics Somatic sensory system Efferent systems Afferent sources Mammals 270 W elker Fig. 8. Small field location. Smallest fields activating Vb cells originate in more specialized, highly innervated, cutaneous structures. These are usually located...

.... Ventrobasal complex Neuron populations Unit characteristics Somatic sensory system Efferent systems Afferent sources Mammals 304 W elker cause their inputs already overlap. Projections from adjacent DRG to Vb and SI and SII also show segmental overlap. Yet the functionally impor­ tant feature...