Somatosensory System

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Paper1937

Somatic Motor and Sensory Representation in the Cerebral Cortex of Man as Studied by Electrical Stimulation

Penfield & Boldrey

Maps the body's sensory and motor representation across the human cortex from direct electrical stimulation during surgery, producing the somatosensory and motor homunculus.

Neuroscience · Systems Neuroscience

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Modality and Topographic Properties of Single Neurons of Cat's Somatic Sensory Cortex

Vernon B. Mountcastle

Establishes that neurons in somatosensory cortex are organised into vertical columns sharing a single receptive field and modality, the founding evidence for cortical columnar organisation.

Neuroscience · Systems Neuroscience

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Somatic Motor and Sensory Representation in the Cerebral Cortex of Man as Studied by Electrical Stimulation

Modality and Topographic Properties of Single Neurons of Cat's Somatic Sensory Cortex

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