extralemniscal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

extra- +‎ lemniscal

Adjective[edit]

extralemniscal (not comparable)

  1. In addition to the lemniscal (system) (deals with cruder levels of touch and pressure, pain and temperature)
    • 2016 January 29, “Control of Somatosensory Cortical Processing by Thalamic Posterior Medial Nucleus: A New Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In the extralemniscal pathway, the ventral tier of VPM projects mainly to L4 and L6 [67 ] in the secondary somatosensory cortex (S2).
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