Abstract:
:Neurons responding to deep or cutaneous stimuli are situated in different parts of the ventrobasal complex. Within the cutaneous region elongated clusters of cells with common place and modality properties project to single columns in the somatic sensory cortex. The present study sought to determine to what extent single lemniscal axons contribute terminals to different regions and to different cell clusters. Lemniscal axons, anterogradely labelled by horseradish peroxidase injected into the medial lemniscus of cats were examined light and electron microscopically. Labelled axons bore one or two, mainly anteroposteriorly oriented, terminal ramifications. These ramifications were relatively small when compared to the length of the complex. Some of the axons bore one or two collaterals that ascended towards the dorsal edge of the complex and formed an additional small ramification there. Electron microscopic analyses of labelled lemniscal axons provided further evidence to that already available that most of their boutons synapse on proximal dendrites of relay neurons and on presynaptic dendrites, presumably belonging to interneurons. A concurrent study of Golgi-impregnated ventrobasal neurons showed three morphological types all with dendritic fields of similar extent. From measurements of the lemniscal terminal ramifications and the counting of counterstained cells it was calculated that 50-120 neurons may receive input from a single terminal ramification. However, because of the restricted extent of the ramifications, the elongated clusters of cells projecting to a single cortical column probably receive input from multiple lemniscal axons and not all members of the cluster receive inputs from the same axons.
journal_name
Exp Brain Resjournal_title
Experimental brain researchauthors
Rainey WT,Jones EGdoi
10.1007/BF00238583subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1983-01-01 00:00:00pages
229-46issue
2eissn
0014-4819issn
1432-1106journal_volume
49pub_type
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00235574
更新日期:1978-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002210000477
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00235479
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00241531
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00221-003-1389-5
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00229666
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00237152
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002210000445
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental brain research
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00