Multi-finger receptive field properties in primary somatosensory cortex: A revised account of the spatiotemporal integration functions of area 3b

Summary: The leading view in the somatosensory system indicates that area 3b serves as a cortical relay site that primarily encodes (cutaneous) tactile features limited to individual digits. Our recent work argues against this model by showing that area 3b cells can integrate both cutaneous and prop...

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Main Authors: Natalie K. Trzcinski, Steven S. Hsiao, Charles E. Connor, Manuel Gomez-Ramirez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:Cell Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124723001870