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Systematic research was conducted into the parafascicular complex of the nonspecific nociceptive system of the rabbit hypothalamus using a technique of evoked potentials. Two types of evoked response were recorded during electrocutaneous stimulation of the paw; a compound response consisting of early and late positive-negative potentials in the lateral region and a simple positive-negative evoked potential in the medial area. Evidence suggests a more complex organization of the thalamic parafascicular complex in leporines than previously supposed.
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I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 787–793, November–December, 1986.
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Butkevich, I.P., Malysheva, V.V. & Kassil', V.G. Evoked potentials in the parafascicular complex of the rabbit thalamus during peripheral noxious stimulation. Neurophysiology 18, 554–558 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01057796
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