Corticofugal projections to neurons in the medullary dorsal horn, ie, the trigeminal spinal
subnucleus caudalis (Sp5C), are thought to play a critical role in regulating nociceptive …

This review focuses on the capacity of the brain for plasticity and the utility and efficacy of
oral implants in helping to restore oro‐facial sensorimotor functions, especially in elderly …

The somatotopically organized whisker barrel field of the rat primary somatosensory (S1)
cortex is a commonly used model system for anatomical and physiological investigations of …

This study examined the projections from the rat insular cortex (Ins) to lower brainstem areas
which are possibly involved in orofacial pain processing. We first examined distributions of …

Neurons in the arm and orofacial regions of the sensorimotor cortex in behaving monkeys
display directional tuning of their activity during arm reaching and tongue protrusion …

The supratrigeminal nucleus (Su5) is a key structure for controlling jaw movements; it
receives proprioceptive sensation from jaw-closing muscle spindles (JCMSs) and sends …

Little is known about how proprioceptive signals arising from muscles reach to higher brain
regions such as the cerebral cortex. We have recently shown that a particular thalamic …

The primary (S1) and secondary (S2) somatosensory cortices project to several trigeminal
sensory nuclei. One putative function of these corticofugal projections is the gating of …

Trigeminal neuropathic pain (TGN) is an attacking, abrupt, electric-shock headache
involving abnormal cortical activity. The neural mechanism underlying TGN remains elusive …

We have recently revealed that the proprioceptive signal from jaw-closing muscle spindles
(JCMSs) is conveyed to the dorsal part of granular insular cortex rostroventrally adjacent to …