A series of experiments in Caiman crocodilus that outlines an ascending somatosensory pathway to the telencephalon is described. This telencephalic somatosensory area was found to correspond to a region high in succinate dehydrogenase activity.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/46550/1/221_2004_Article_BF00237800.pd