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The ventroposterior lateral nucleus of the thalamus was studied in seven raccoons that had undergone amputation of the fourth digit between 2 and 5 months previously. Extracellular recordings were made in a series of closely spaced penetrations through the thalamus in chloralose anesthetized animals. The responses to cutaneous stimulation of the forepaw were used to reconstruct the somatotopic organization of the thalamus and to identify recording sites believed to be located in the digit zone that had lost its peripheral input. Twelve penetrations that passed through both of the adjacent fifth and third digit regions were analyzed in detail to delineate this deafferented region. None of the recording sites in this region were completely silent, indicating that the deafferented thalamus had undergone significant reorganization of its inputs. At most sites, the neurons had receptive fields on the skin surrounding the amputation wound and including one of the adjacent digits. Approximately half of the sites had low thresholds in the range of normal thalamic neurons. These results indicate that the ventroposterior thalamus is capable of substantial reorganization, which may account fo

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Author

Douglas Rasmusson

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0021-9967)

Published

1996

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)