Neuroscience Problem

[AllSmiles66]

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Hey,

I was just wondering if anyone could help me out with this problem. I can't figure it out! 🙁

Thanks, (a Pre-dent student taking Neuroscience as an Elective!)

If someone slowly raises my left forearm, I will feel this has happened even if my eyes are closed because action potentials propagated along axons from the biceps and triceps muscle spindles (and other sensors in the arm) will tell my brain that it has happened.

a) What aspects of these axons or action potentials will tell the brain it was my left arm that was raised and not my right arm? What type of a sensory code is being utilized to propagrate this information to the brain? What aspects of these axons or action potentials will tell the brain that it was my left arm rather than my left foot taht was raised? What type of a sensory code is being used to propagrate this information to the brain?

 

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