Fractured cutaneous projections to the granule cell layer of the posterior cerebellar hemisphere of the domestic cat

Snider's pioneering studies of tactile responses in the cerebellar cortex of cats and monkeys suggested that posterior regions of the cerebellar hemispheres receive somatotopically organized projections. However, recent studies in rats, using high‐density, in depth microelectrode mapping methods, have shown that tactile projections to the granule cell layer of the cerebellar hemispheres are somatotopically disrupted. We reexamined the Organization of cutaneous projections to eortibellar hemispheric cortex in cats by using micromapping methods.

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