Receptive Field (RF) Properties of the Macaque Second Somatosensory Cortex: RF Size, Shape, and Somatotopic Organization
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Receptive field (RF) properties of the macaque second somatosensory cortex: RF size, shape, and somatotopic organization.
The detailed structure of multidigit receptive fields (RFs) in somatosensory cortical areas such as the SII region has not been investigated previously using systematically controlled stimuli. Recently (Fitzgerald et al., 2004), we showed that the SII region comprises three adjoining fields: posterior, central, and anterior. Here we characterize the RF structures of the 928 neurons that were re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5061-05.2006