STDP and the distribution of preferred phases in the whisker system.

Rats and mice use their whiskers to probe the environment. By rhythmically swiping their whiskers back and forth they can detect the existence of an object, locate it, and identify its texture. Localization can be accomplished by inferring the whisker's position. Rhythmic neurons that track the...

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Main Authors: Nimrod Sherf, Maoz Shamir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009353