Neuroscientists have long recognized the importance of understanding the underlying
principles of information processing by large populations of neurons. Methods for Neural …

The rodent whisker system, with barrel cortex as its most prominent structure, has evolved
into a powerful model system to study sensory processing. However, despite the vast …

Cortical strokes alter functional maps but associated changes in connections have not been
documented. The neuroanatomical tracer biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) was injected …

Using their large mystacial vibrissas, rats perform a variety of tasks, including localization
and identification of objects. We report on the discriminatory thresholds and behavior of rats …

Peripheral sensory organs provide the first transformation of sensory information, and
understanding how their physical embodiment shapes transduction is central to …

This paper describes experimental techniques with head-fixed, operantly conditioned
rodents that allow the control of stimulus presentation and tracking of motor output at hitherto …

Even in the absence of explicit stimulation, rats emit patterns of rhythmic whisking
movements. Because of their stereotyped nature and their persistence after sensory …

Due to recent advances that enable real-time electrophysiological recordings in brains of
awake behaving rodents, effective methods for analyzing the large amount of behavioral …

To study the synaptic and spike responses of barrel cortex neurons as a function of cortical
layer and stimulus intensity, we recorded intracellularly in vivo from barbiturate anesthetized …

We compared whisking movement patterns during acquisition of tactile detection and object
discrimination under conditions in which (a) head movements are excluded and (b) …