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Supplementary Sensory Area

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Cortical Sensory Organization

Part of the book series: Cortical Sensory Organization ((CSO,volume 1))

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Relatively little attention has been devoted to the medial aspect of the parietal cortex, especially with respect to its neuronal responses to somatic sensory stimuli. However, the stimulation of neurons in three different sites in the medial parietal cortex (in the precuneate lobule) of a human has been reported to evoke tingling sensations in the contralateral leg, arm and face (30). More recently, other investigators have reported that electrical stimulation of the medial posterior parietal cortex in conscious humans evokes tingling, painful or other paresthesias of the contralateral foot and arm (42). Only a few studies of this medial parietal region have been undertaken in monkeys. Both the motor effects of cortical stimulation in rhesus monkeys (15) and an examination of sensory evoked potentials in the squirrel monkey (4) have suggested the existence of a body representation on the medial surface of the hemisphere, posterior to the S I cortex. Penfield and Jasper (30) have termed this region the “supplementary sensory area.” We have investigated the supplementary sensory cortex in rhesus and cynomolgus monkeys using neuroanatomical and single unit recording methods.

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Abbreviations

Ad:

Anterodorsal nucleus

Am:

Anteromedial nucleus

Av:

Anteroventral nucleus

BM:

Basal nucleus of Meynert

C:

Claustrum

cdc:

Densocellular central nucleus

cif:

Inferior central nucleus

cim:

Intermediate central nucleus

CL:

Central lateral nucleus

CM:

Centre median nucleus

cs:

Central superior nucleus

csl:

Lateral central superior nucleus

G:

Globus pallidus

GL:

Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus

GMm:

Medial geniculate nucleus, magnocellular division

GMp:

Medial geniculate nucleus, parvocellular division

GPH:

Periventricular central grey

H:

Habenular nuclei

hi:

Habenulo-interpeduncular tract

Hy:

Hypothalamus

IC:

Internal capsule

L:

Limitans nucleus

LD:

Lateral dorsal nucleus

LP:

Lateral posterior nucleus

MD:

Mediodorsal nucleus

Mm:

Mamillary complex

OpT:

Optic tract

PC:

Posterior commissure

pc:

Paracentral nucleus

Pf:

Parafascicular nucleus

Pli:

Inferior pulvinar nucleus

Pll:

Lateral pulvinar nucleus

Plm:

Medial pulvinar nucleus

Plo:

Anterior pulvinar nucleus

R:

Reticular nucleus

Re:

Reuniens nucleus

S:

Striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen)

SC:

Superior colliculus

SG:

Suprageniculate nucleus

sm:

Stria medullaris

ST:

Subthalamic nucleus

VA:

Ventral anterior nucleus

VAmc:

Ventral anterior nucleus, magnocellular division

VLc:

Ventral lateral nucleus, caudal division

VLo:

Ventral lateral nucleus, oral division

VLps:

Ventral lateral nucleus, pars postrema

VPI:

Ventroposteroinferior nucleus

VPLc:

Ventroposterolateral nucleus, caudal division

VPLo:

Ventroposterolateral nucleus, oral division

VPM:

Ventroposteromedial nucleus

X:

Area X

ZI:

Zona incerta

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Murray, E.A., Coulter, J.D. (1981). Supplementary Sensory Area. In: Woolsey, C.N. (eds) Cortical Sensory Organization. Cortical Sensory Organization, vol 1. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5811-7_6

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