Corticocortical connections of area 2 of somatosensory cortex in macaque monkeys: A correlative anatomical and electrophysiological study

The cortical connections of electrophysiologically identified locations in the body representations in somatosensory cortex of macaque monkeys were investigated after injections of horseradish peroxidase, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) conjugated with horseradish peroxidase, tritiated WGA, or tritiated proline. After extensive microelectrode mapping of portions of the body representations in areas 3b, 1, 2, and 5 and careful determinations of electrophysiological borders between areas, restricted injections of tracers were placed, usually into the representation of the hand in area 2. Other injections were placed in the foot representation in area 2 or in area 1, in the wrist representation in area 1, and in the forearm and wrist representation in area 5. Connection patterns were related to the physiological mapping results and to cortical cytoarchitecture.

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