I am trying to find a reference that describes the cortical
somatosensory
location of joint afferents from spinal facet joints. I've searched
medline unsuccessfully. My belief is that their principal synapses are
probably in the spinal cord itself and older brain centers (basal
ganglia, etc.), but clearly they must have some connections at the
somatosensory cortex. Any help is most appreciated.
Partap S. Khalsa
pkhalsa at umassmed.ummed.edu
post-doc research associate
