Tactile sensory information from facial whiskers provides nocturnal tunnel-dwelling rodents,
including mice and rats, with important spatial and textural information about their immediate …

The tactile somatosensory pathway from whisker to cortex in rodents provides a well-defined
system for exploring the link between molecular mechanisms, synaptic circuits, and …

When new learning occurs against the background of established prior knowledge, relevant
new information can be assimilated into a schema and thereby expand the knowledge base …

Local microcircuits within neocortical columns form key determinants of sensory processing.
Here, we investigate the excitatory synaptic neuronal network of an anatomically defined …

Neocortex, the neuronal structure at the base of the remarkable cognitive skills of mammals,
is a layered sheet of neuronal tissue composed of juxtaposed and interconnected columns …

Tactile information is actively acquired and processed in the brain through concerted
interactions between movement and sensation. Somatosensory input is often the result of …

In the visual system of primates, different neuronal pathways are specialized for processing
information about the spatial coordinates of objects and their identity—that …

Although the timing of single spikes is known to code for time-varying features of a sensory
stimulus, it remains unclear whether time is also exploited in the neuronal coding of the …

Rats sweep their vibrissae through space to locate objects in their immediate environment.
In essence, their view of the proximal world is generated through pliable hairs that tap and …

The array of whiskers on the snout provides rodents with tactile sensory information relating
to the size, shape and texture of objects in their immediate environment. Rodents can use …