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A collection of fragments of understanding in the pursuit of deeper questions.

The Somatosensory Thalamus

  • The ventrobasal complex of the thalamus has the two major divisions previously described:
    • VPL (somatosensory information from the body)
    • VPM (somatosensory information from the face)
  • Both are somatotopically organized.
  • Thalamic neurons have adaption properties (SA vs RA) like those of peripheral neurons, but the RFs are larger than those of dorsal root ganglion cells and are commonly concentric, with a central excitatory area and a surrounding inhibitory area.
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