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Current hypotheses of structural pattern formation in the somatosensory system and their potential relevance to
Brain Research
|June 26, 1992
Abstract:
Current hypotheses of structural pattern formation in the mammalian somatosensory system are modeled on experimental findings from the trigeminal system of rodents. The present results show that, like rodents, the trigeminal nucleus principalis of humans contains a parcellated pattern of cytochrome oxidase dense patches. These results provide an indication of the potential usefulness of rodent-based hypotheses for understanding pattern formation in human somatosensory connections.