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Organization of the S II Parietal Cortex

Multiple Somatic Sensory Representations within and near the Second Somatic Sensory Area of Cynomolgus Monkeys

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Previous physiological studies of the cortical location of responsiveness to somatic stimuli within and along the upper bank of the Sylvian fissure in primates demonstrated a single topographic representation in this part of the cortex (1, 76, 79, 80, 81). This somato-sensory representation was called the second somatic sensory area (S II) since it was discovered subsequent to the first somatic sensory area in most species that contained multiple cortical somatosensory representations. According to some investigators, the effective somatic stimuli for activating evoked potential or single neuron recording sites in SII in animals anesthetized with barbiturates were considerably different from the adequate stimulus parameters for eliciting activity in S I. Receptive fields in primates (1,76-79) and subprimates (4,45,58,60,81) were larger, often bilateral, poorly demarcated and extensively overlapping. Activity in the primate SII was also found to be more susceptible to the level of barbiturate anesthesia (77, 78). As a consequence, the topographic representation of the body in S II was found to be coarser and more difficult to define. In addition, the receptors associated with the sense of position and movement were said not to be represented in S II according to some (76), but not all investigators (41).

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Abbreviations

AI:

First auditory area

CL:

Central lateral nucleus of thalamus

CM:

Centre median nucleus of thalamus

CN:

Caudate nucleus

Cs 1:

Central superior lateral nucleus of thalamus

H:

Habenula complex

Ig:

Granular insular area

L:

Nucleus limitans of thalamus

LD:

Laterodorsal nucleus of thalamus

LGN:

Lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus

LP:

Lateroposterior nucleus of thalamus

Mc:

Magnocellular nucleus of medial geniculate complex

MD:

Mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus

ML:

Medial lemniscus

Pa:

Postauditory area

PAUT:

Proximal arm-upper trunk receptive field

PLLT:

Proximal leg-lower trunk receptive field

PCN:

Paracentral nucleus of thalamus

Pf:

Parafascicular nucleus of thalamus

Pi:

Parainsular auditory area

Pla:

Anterior nucleus of pulvinar

Pli:

Inferior nucleus of pulvinar

Pll:

Lateral nucleus of pulvinar

Plm:

Medial nucleus of pulvinar

PO:

Posterior nucleus of thalamus

PPN:

Peripeduncular nucleus

R:

Reticular complex of thalamus

Ri:

Retroinsular area

SG:

Suprageniculate nucleus of thalamus

SN:

Substantia nigra

SI:

First somatic sensory area

SII:

Second somatic sensory area

VL:

Ventrolateral complex of thalamus

VPI:

Ventroposteroinferior nucleus of thalamus

VPLc:

Pars caudalis of ventroposterolateral nucleus of thalamus

VPM:

Ventroposteromedial nucleus of thalamus

VPMpc:

Pars parvocellularis of ventroposteromedial nucleus of thalamus

WB:

Whole body receptive field

ZI:

Zona incerta

1:

Numbered areas of cerebral cortex, Brodmann terminology

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