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  • Title: [Spontaneous recovery of precise movement and of the postural fixation of the extremities after excision of the somatosensory cortex in dogs].
    Author: Frolov AG.
    Journal: Zh Vyssh Nerv Deiat Im I P Pavlova; 1988; 38(2):257-65. PubMed ID: 3400322.
    Abstract:
    The extirpation of the foreleg area in the somatosensory cortex (SI) in dogs was performed in order to study the role of this area in motor control of the corresponding limb. Stable precise avoidance and escape reactions were established before the cortical lesion. Avoidance reactions disappeared during the first week after the surgery but then they were gradually restored without retraining. At the third weak there was a practically complete recovery of the precision of movements, the ability to fix the leg position and of the duration of successive phases of the reactions. The conclusion was drawn that the initial disturbances of avoidance reactions were most likely the result of diaschisis (shock). The initial disturbances of visually guided instrumental movements and escape reactions were much weaker than those of avoidance reactions (lifting of the foreleg in response to conditioned signal).
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