Sánchez Vila, EduardoBarro Ameneiro, SenénMariño Alfonso, XurxoCanedo Lamas, AntonioVázquez Muñíz, Pablo José2005-11-172005-11-171999International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN'99, Alicante, Spain, June 2-4, 1999 : proceedings, José Mira, Juan V. Sánchez-Andrés (eds.). Lecture notes in computer science, vol. 1606 (1999), p. 73-850302-9743http://hdl.handle.net/2183/230Experimental data recorded in cat "in vivo" offer a new picture of the cuneate nucleus. Clasically definied as a simple relay station, the cuneate nucleus is currently seen as a fundamental stage in somatosensory information processing. Intracellular and extracellular recordings have revealed a complex circuitry estabished by cuneothalamic cells, interneurons and afferent fibers from the sensorimotor cortex. As a result of electrophysiological work, some circuits have been hypothesized in order to explain the data. In this paper we present a computational model designed and developed in order to test the validity of the proposed circuit in [15]. The results of the computer simulations support the predictions.application/pdftext/plainengThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.comThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.comjournal articleopen access