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1753020

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
In Tupaia belangeri and Galago senegalensis, microelectrode recordings immediately after ablation of the representation of the forelimb in the midportion of the first somatosensory area, S-I, revealed that all parts of the second somatosensory area, S-II, remained highly responsive to cutaneous stimuli. In this way, prosimian primates, close relatives of simian primates, and tree shrews differ markedly from monkeys in which S-II is deactivated by comparable ablations, and resemble such mammals as cats and rabbits in which S-II also remains highly responsive following ablations in S-I. Thus, it appears that the generalized mammalian condition is that S-I and S-II are independently activated via parallel thalamocortical pathways. A dependence of S-II on serial connections from the thalamus to the S-I region and then to S-II apparently evolved with the advent of anthropoid primates, and may be present only in monkeys and perhaps other higher primates.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
311
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
289-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Parallel thalamic activation of the first and second somatosensory areas in prosimian primates and tree shrews.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.