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SSp (Primary somatosensory area) projects to PG (Pontine gray)

All claims for this connection
Species
Rat
Result
present
Method
anterograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Labeled axons with branches and boutons were found in the pontine nuclei after genital cortex injections. Fibers ran in the pyramidal tract.
Source

Physiological and Anatomical Outputs of Rat Genital Cortex

Cerebral Cortex, 2018

DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhx359 · PubMed 29373631 · PMC6093453, Fig. 7I–J, Table 2

Licence: CC-BY-NC-4.0

Named in the paper
“penis/clitoris cortex” and “pontine nuclei”
Made by
an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
Checked by

a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees, 2026-10-09

“Pontine branching and boutons, plus pyramidal tract fibers, are shown in Fig. 7I–J.”

Status

proposed

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