Neuronal activity in rat barrel cortex underlying texture discrimination.

Rats and mice palpate objects with their whiskers to generate tactile sensations. This form of active sensing endows the animals with the capacity for fast and accurate texture discrimination. The present work is aimed at understanding the nature of the underlying cortical signals. We recorded neuro...

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Main Authors: Moritz von Heimendahl, Pavel M Itskov, Ehsan Arabzadeh, Mathew E Diamond
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f76479fcee93447ab51f98ee537a0ac6
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