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  • Title: [Effect of electrical stimulation of second somatosensory cortex on the response of primary somatosensory cortex to C-fiber inputs].
    Author: Bai ZQ, Chen ZH, Chen PX.
    Journal: Sheng Li Xue Bao; 1993 Aug; 45(4):348-53. PubMed ID: 8296209.
    Abstract:
    When the projecting point of saphenous nerve in second somatosensory cortex (S II) of cat was stimulated, the evoked potentials elicited by C-fiber inputs of saphenous nerve recorded in the primary somatosensory cortex (C-CEP) might be either inhibited or facilited according to whether the superficial and/or the deeper layer of the cortex was stimulated. The inhibition was expressed as a decrease of amplitude and prolongation of latency of C-CEP; while the facilitation, as an increase of amplitude and duration of C-CEP. When the superfaicial layer of S II was stimulated by weaker current, both inhibitory and facilitatory effects could be observed, but only inhibitory effect was observed, when the deep layer was stimulated. With the same intensity of stimulation, inhibitory effect was more pronounced when the deep layer rather than the superficial layer was stimulated. It is suggested that S II may play a role in the modulation of C-CEP of S I.
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