extralemniscal

extralemniscal

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ lemniscal

Adjective

extralemniscal (not comparable)

1. In addition to the lemniscal (system) (deals with cruder levels of touch and pressure, pain and temperature)
   • 2016 January 29, “Control of Somatosensory Cortical Processing by Thalamic Posterior Medial Nucleus: A New Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0148169:

     In the extralemniscal pathway, the ventral tier of VPM projects mainly to L4 and L6 [67 ] in the secondary somatosensory cortex (S2).