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J Neurophysiol 79: 2227-2230, 1998;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 79 No. 4 April 1998, pp. 2227-2230
Copyright ©1998 The American Physiological Society

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Neurons in the Human Thalamic Somatosensory Nucleus (Ventralis Caudalis) Respond to Innocuous Cool and Mechanical Stimuli

F. A. Lenz1 and P. M. Dougherty1, 2

1 Department of Neurosurgery and 2 Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, 21287-7713

Lenz, F. A. and P. M. Dougherty. Neurons in the human thalamic somatosensory nucleus (ventralis caudalis) respond to innocuous cool and mechanical stimuli. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 2227-2230, 1998. A population of neurons in the principal somatosensory nucleus of human thalamus (ventralis caudalis, Vc) had a significant tonic, graded response to cool stimuli and also responded to innocuous mechanical stimuli (mechanical-cool neurons). These neurons were clustered at the dorsal aspect of medial Vc. Stimulation at the sites where these neurons were recorded evoked tingling sensations in the part of the body including or adjacent to the receptive field of these neurons. These neurons may contribute to the mechanism that mediates the perception of cold in man.




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