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This chapter will discuss some of the findings made by microelectrode recordings from the third-order sensory neurones in the thalamus in man; in particular the spontaneous activity of neurones, the characteristics of effective stimuli and, as a separate aspect, the response in neurones. Finally, the difficulty in defining the location and arrangement of thalamic areas will be considered.
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Bates, J.A.V. (1973). Electrical Recording from the Thalamus in Human Subjects. In: Iggo, A. (eds) Somatosensory System. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65438-1_15
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