Table 3 Input to Vc, C1 and C2 neurons. Adapted from Hu et al.[84]
LTM % | WDR % | NS % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rVc | C1 | C2 | rVc | C1 | C2 | rVc | C1 | C2 | |
Neuron numbers | 272 | 25 | 47 | 51 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 18 | 25 |
Spontaneously active | 9 | 8 | 18 | 62 | 38 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 17 |
Peripheral afferent inputs: | |||||||||
Response to noxious heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 77 | 94 | 81 | 84 | 73 |
C afferent (cutaneous) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 100 | 94 | 50 | 61 | 36 |
XII nerve | 4 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 64 | 81 | 24 | 45 | 63 |
Mechanoreceptive field (involving…): | |||||||||
Only 1 V divisions | 90 | 63 | 87 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 46 | 28 | 67 |
2 V divisions | 9 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 50 | 28 | 55 | 25 |
3 V divisions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 8 |
V, in total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Intraoral component | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 25 | 44 | 50 | 56 | 38 |
Perioral component | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 0 | |||
Neck, occiput, or back of Ear (C2/C3) | 0 | 30 | 46 | 72 | 28 | 46 | |||
Intraoral component only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
Perioral component only | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
Neck, occiput or back of ear (C2/C3) only | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tongue (deep) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 29 | 30 | |||
TMJ deep component | 0 | 0 | 40 | 65 | 63 | 58 | |||