Specificity of tactile connections in neonatal cuneate nucleus.
In the neonatal kitten, cuneate neurones activated by tactile stimulation of the forelimb foot pads are divisible into 3 functional classes each of which appears to receive its glabrous skin input selectively from a single class of tactile receptors. Their properties suggest that the functionally specific patterns of tactile convergence characteristic of the adult cuneate nucleus are established by the time of birth.
D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002415:Cats; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005552:Forelimb / Q000294:innervation; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*