Several challenges to current views of thalamocortical processing are offered here.
Glutamatergic pathways in thalamus and cortex are divided into two distinct classes: driver …

On the basis of theoretical, anatomical, psychological and physiological considerations,
Francis Crick (1984) proposed that, during selective attention, the thalamic reticular nucleus …

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

In vivo whole-cell recordings revealed that during repeated stimulation, synaptic responses
to deflection of facial whiskers rapidly adapt. Extracellular recordings in the somatosensory …

The primary somatosensory barrel cortex processes tactile vibrissae information, allowing
rodents to actively perceive spatial and textural features of their immediate surroundings …

Two distinct types of thalamic nucleus are proposed on the basis of the afferent fibres that
they receive from ascending pathways and from the cerebral cortex.'First order …

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 rodent whisker system is widely used as a model system for investigating sensorimotor
integration, neural mechanisms of complex cognitive tasks, neural development, and …

Sensory stimuli are encoded differently across cortical layers and it is unknown how
response characteristics relate to the morphological identity of responding cells. We …

This study investigated the pattern of axonal projections of single corticothalamic neurons
from the cortical barrel field representing the vibrissae in the rat. Microiontophoretic …