A MODALITY-SPECIFIC SOMATOSENSORY AREA WITHIN THE INSULA OF THE RHESUS-MONKEY

被引:143
作者
SCHNEIDER, RJ [1 ]
FRIEDMAN, DP [1 ]
MISHKIN, M [1 ]
机构
[1] NIMH,NEUROPSYCHOL LAB,BLDG 49,ROOM 1B80,BETHESDA,MD 20892
关键词
RHESUS MONKEY; GRANULAR INSULA; SINGLE UNIT; SOMATOSENSORY; BILATERAL RECEPTIVE FIELD;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(93)90305-7
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Response properties of neurons in the monkey's granular insula (Ig) were examined with somatic, auditory, visual, and gustatory stimuli. Results indicate that a major portion of Ig is a somatic processing area exclusively, with units that have large and often bilateral receptive fields, consistent with the view that this area serves as a higher-order, modality-specific link in the somatosensory-limbic pathway.
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页码:116 / 120
页数:5
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