Table 2: Overview of both neurological subsystems, working in parallel. The multi-synaptical is the one more related to the ‘run on idle’ modus of the organism, the right one to (volitional) activities. The more the fast part of the system is used; we could say ‘employed’, the higher the costs on the muscular and on the cerebral part.
|
Multi-synaptic |
Less synapses |
Conduction speed |
Slow |
Fast |
Quality |
Multi-modal |
Specific |
Information |
Postural information (form/ reshaping) |
Phasic information (movement) |
Somatotopy |
Diffuse |
Marked |
Destination |
Reticular formation, medial thalamic nuclei, limbic system |
Via lateral thalamus towards cortex |
Function |
Emotional, behavioral and arousal mechanism |
Sensorial, cognitive and evaluative discrimination |