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A series of experiments in Caiman crocodilus that outlines an ascending somatosensory pathway to the telencephalon is described. This telencephalic somatosensory area was found to correspond to a region high in succinate dehydrogenase activity.
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This research was partly supported by NIH grant NS 11006
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Pritz, M.B., Northcutt, R.G. Anatomical evidence for an ascending somatosensory pathway to the telencephalon in crocodiles, Caiman crocodilus. Exp Brain Res 40, 342–345 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237800
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237800