CT afferents, together with other types of unmyelinated and thinly myelinated afferents, likely project via the spinothalamic tract to a specific posterior/basal ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus in primates. Functional imaging studies in patients with selective denervation of unmyelinated or myelinated afferents and in healthy subjects suggest that CT-targeted stimulation activates the insular cortex in the hemisphere contralateral to stimulation. This area shows a somatotopical response to CT stimulation, supporting the idea that it is a primary cortical target for CT afferent projections. This chapter reviews findings related to the insular cortex.
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Björnsdotter, M. (2016). Brain processing of CT-targeted stimulation. In Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents (pp. 187–194). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6418-5_11
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