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Cutaneous Receptive Fields of Single Nerve Cells in the Thalamus of the Cat

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This article describes some new receptive properties of cells in the nucleus ventralis posterolateralis. It is shown that the nucleus contains mechanoceptive cells with excitatory or inhibitory thermoceptive influences on them, that the observation of surround inhibition in this nucleus depends in part on the type of anaesthesia used, and that some of the cells have directional sensitivity.

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GORDON, G., MANSON, J. Cutaneous Receptive Fields of Single Nerve Cells in the Thalamus of the Cat. Nature 215, 597–599 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215597a0

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