Abstract
In experiments on waking rabbits interaction between acoustic (tones, clicks), photic, and nociceptive excitation arising during stimulation of the dental pulp on sensomotor cortical neurons in the region of representation of dental afferents was investigated by a microelectrode technique. Bisensory and polysensory convergence of excitation was shown to take place on the cells in this region. It is suggested that convergence of excitation lies at the basis of the mechanisms of formation of the integral systemic nociceptive response to stimulation of the dental receptors.
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Samko, Y.N. Single unit responses of the dental projection area of the rabbit sensomotor cortex to photic, acoustic, and nociceptive stimulation of the dental pulp. Bull Exp Biol Med 87, 285–287 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00804399
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00804399