Pathway from the PNS to the Cerebral Cortex of the CNS

This drawing summarizes the pathway of neurons that carry information to the cerebral cortex.

Information is conveyed as a series of action potentials that travel along the axons of these neurons.

The information is processed as it passes from neuron to neuron across the synapses.

When neuron activity in the cerebral cortex processes the input,
we have a chance of becoming consciously aware of it.

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