Some observations of the projection to VPMpc from the so-called 'frontal opercular pure taste area'.
The essential projection to VPMpc from the area located between the diagnonal sulcus and the arcuate sulcus in the buried cortex of the Sylvian fissure in monkeys was observed with the silver impregnation method of Nauta-Gygax. This area does not seem to project to VPM, VPL and Vpi. it is located far rostral to SI and SII. This observation may give the anatomical basis of the existence of a 'frontal opercular pure taste area' not relating to the tactile or alimentary systems.
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