[Compensatory restoration of function in cats following resection of the somatosensory pathways: role of the cerebral commissures].

Experiments were carried out on cats with different transections of the classical somatosensory pathways and cerebral commissures. The data obtained demonstrate substantial restitution of somatosensory functions in animals after unilateral transection of the classical somatosensory pathways which were tested by neurological and behavioral methods. Cats with combined transection of the classical somatosensory pathways and telencephalic, diencephalic and mesencephalic commissures did not manifest any such rehabilitation. Exclusion of the direct visual control beyond the "deafferented" part of the body by optic tract transection is immaterial for these processes.