Responses of visual cortical neurons to nociceptive stimulation

Conclusion Nociceptive excitation, the basis for the formation of the animal's defensive emotional state, and arising in response to the action of nociceptive stimulation, activates cortical neurons through neurochemical mechanisms that differ from the mechanisms of transmission of excitation in sensory projection systems.Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 389–395, March–April, 1979.