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RECENT evidence indicates that the cerebral cortex may excite or inhibit neurones of various sensory relay nuclei1–6. For example, stimulation of the cat cerebral cortex may give rise to trans-synaptic activation of relay cells of the thalamic ventrobasal complex, occurring some msec after the antidromic invasion of the same cells1,7–11.
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ANDERSEN, P., JUNGE, K. & SVEEN, O. Cortico-thalamic Facilitation of Somato-sensory Impulses. Nature 214, 1011–1012 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141011a0
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