Rappresentazione somatotopica della propriocettività oculare nel collicolo superiore
The aim of this investigation was to analyse in nembutalized and curarized lambs a somatotopic organization of extraocular muscle proprioceptive afferents in the superior colliculus. Responses to moderate manual stretch on individual eye muscles were recorded by means of tungsten microelectrodes, along the dorso-ventral axis in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus. The mesencephalic representation of the eye muscle proprioception was somatotopically arranged in the following manner:...