THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

Abstract
Recent advances have been achieved in this field through localized recording of cerebral potentials. In the case of primary reception areas these have been elicited by controlled stimulation of minute points in a receptive field. Internuncial activity has been analyzed through application of strychnine to cortical points after the method of J. G. Dusser de Barenne. The latter technique has thrown much light upon the relations of specific nuclei within the thalamus and caudate nucleus and the cortical regions with which they are connected. The developments are clearly detailed in this illuminating review.