Activity in motor–sensory projections reveals distributed coding in somatosensation

Leopoldo Petreanu, Diego A. Gutnisky, Daniel Huber, Ning-long Xu, Dan H. O’Connor, Lin Tian, Loren Looger and Karel Svoboda ()
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Leopoldo Petreanu: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Diego A. Gutnisky: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Daniel Huber: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Ning-long Xu: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dan H. O’Connor: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Lin Tian: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Loren Looger: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Karel Svoboda: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7415, 299-303

Abstract: Imaging of activity in long-range axons is reported in mice performing tactile object-localization with their whiskers; the feedback projection from the motor cortex to the somatosensory cortex provides information to integrate whisker movement information and touch, which are key components of object identification.

Date: 2012
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