On the functional significance of axonal triads in medial cuneate nucleus.
Theoretical considerations are presented about the possible functional significance of special triadic synaptic arrangements in medial cuneate nucleus. Although they can not be regarded functionally equivalent to the dendritic triadic arrangements in the thalamic nuclei, the cuneate axonal triads are likely to participate not only in distance dependent stimulus discrimination, but also in movement perception.
D000818:Animals; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology