114 research outputs found
When Outgoing and Incoming Signals Meet: New Insights from the Zona Incerta
No full textIn the sense of touch, it is the motion of the sensory receptors themselves that leads to an afferent signal—whether these receptors are in our fingertips sliding along a surface or a rat's whiskers palpating an object. Afferent signals can be correctly interpreted only if the sensory system receives information about the brain's own motor output. In this issue of Neuron, Urbain and Deschênes provide new insights into the physiological and anatomical interplay between tactile and motor signals in rats
'Where' and 'what' in the whisker sensorimotor system (Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2008) 9, (601-612))
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Stick Insect Antennae
No full textDürr V. Stick Insect Antennae. In: Prescott T, Ahissar E, Izhikevich E, eds. Scholarpedia of Touch. Scholarpedia. Paris: Atlantis Press; 2015: 45-63
Vibrissal texture decoding
No full textTexture is a central component of touch. To learn how contact with a surface gives rise to a sensation of texture, many laboratories have examined the vibrissae system of rodents—a highly efficient sensory system with well-studied structural organization [by Kleinfeld et al. (Current Opinion in Neurobiology 16(4): 435–444, 2006)]. Vibrissal texture decoding summarizes current knowledge about how whisking on surfaces leads to texture sensation. The vibrissae system of rats presents a unique opportunity for investigating how sensory receptors generate signals through their interaction with the environment, and how the brain reads and interprets the afferent signals
Introduction: The World of Touch
No full textPrescott TJ, Dürr V. Introduction: The World of Touch. In: Prescott T, Ahissar E, Izhikevich E, eds. Scholarpedia of Touch. Scholarpedia. Paris: Atlantis Press; 2015: 1-28
Building Bridges through Science
No full textScience is ideally suited to connect people from different cultures and thereby foster mutual understanding. To promote international life science collaboration, we have launched “The Science Bridge” initiative. Our current project focuses on partnership between Western and Middle Eastern neuroscience communities
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