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Experimental data recorded in cat in vivo offer a new picture of the cuneate nucleus. Classically defined as a simple relay station, the cuneate nucleus is currently seen as a fundamental stage in somatosensory information processing. Intracellular and extracellular recordings have revealed a complex circuitry established by cuneothalamic cells, interneurons and afferent fibers from the sensorimotor cortex. As a result of electrophysiological work, some circuits have been hypothesized in order to explain the data. In this paper we present a computational model designed and developed in order to test the validity of the proposed circuit in [15]. The results of the computer simulations support the predictions.
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Sánchez, E., Barro, S., Mariño, J., Canedo, A., Vázquez, P. (1999). Modelling the circuitry of the cuneate nucleus. In: Mira, J., Sánchez-Andrés, J.V. (eds) Foundations and Tools for Neural Modeling. IWANN 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1606. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0098162
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