Effects of a dorsal column lesion on temporal processing within the somatosensory system of primates

Experimental Brain Research
J C MakousC J Vierck

Abstract

A dorsal column (DC) lesion has lasting effects on behavioral tasks that require temporal processing of tactile information (e.g., frequency and duration discrimination). The present experiments describe physiological correlates of these deficits in temporal discrimination. Compound action potentials evoked by electrocutaneous stimulation were recorded from the major white matter subdivisions of the spinal cord in anesthetized monkeys, and relationships between stimulation frequency and evoked potential (EP) amplitude were determined for the ascending pathways. At 10 pulses per second (Hz) EPs recorded in the lateral spinal columns were attenuated slightly (by 15% or less, relative to 1.5 Hz), whereas potentials recorded from the DCs were not attenuated. The attenuation increased with stimulation frequencies up to 50 Hz, reaching 80% for the anterolateral column and 38% for the dorsolateral column, but only 15% for the DC. Epidural EPs were recorded, before and after interruption of the contralateral DC, from awake animals with electrodes chronically implanted over primary somatosensory cortex (SI). Following the lesion. EP responses to 1.5-Hz stimulation were 46% of preoperative responses to the same stimulus. At 10 Hz, EP amp...Continue Reading

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