Intracortical Connectivities of Somatic Sensory and Motor Areas
Humana Press eBooksPublished 1 January 1981
Robert M. Bowker, J.D. Coulter
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Connections between the different areas are formed by extensive ipsilateral intracortical pathways, which allow interactions between different areas, directly or via less direct routes through the basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellum.
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The identification of multiple cortical areas involved in different aspects of somatic sensory and motor function has naturally led to interest in the relations between these areas. At the level of the cortex itself, connections between the different areas are formed by extensive ipsilateral intracortical pathways, which allow interactions between different areas, directly or via less direct routes through the basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellum.
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