Primary somatosensory cortical neuronal activity during monkey's detection of perceived change in tooth-pulp stimulus intensity

Journal of Neurophysiology
K IwataR Sumino

Abstract

To elucidate the functional properties of primary somatosensory cortical neurons for the perception of tooth-pulp sensation, neuronal activity was recorded from the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) in awake behaving monkeys. Monkeys were trained to detect changes in tooth-pulp stimulus intensity applied to the upper canine or incisor tooth pulp. Stimulus intensities applied to the tooth pulp were multiples of the threshold intensity for the jaw opening reflex (1.0 T) elicited by tooth-pulp stimulation. When monkeys pressed a button, baseline electrical pulses (V1: 0.5 T, 1.0 T, 2.0 T, or 3.0 T) were applied to the tooth pulp. After 4-8 s, a V2 stimulus (0.3 T, 0.5 T, 1.0 T, or 2.0 T) was added to V1. Percent escapes at V1 stimulus intensity of 0.5 T and 1.0 T were approximately 10%, 22% at 2.0 T, and 40% at 3.0 T (total of 1,997 trials). A total of 862 single units were recorded from the SI. Thirty-seven SI neurons responded to electrical stimulation of the tooth pulp (tooth-pulp-driven neurons; TPNs), 139 SI neurons responded to tactile stimulation of the lateral face area, 90 to upper lip and 99 to lower lip, 44 to tongue and 102 to periodontal membrane, whereas 351 SI neurons were not responsive to tactile stimulation of th...Continue Reading

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