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Nature Neuroscience 11, 10 - 11 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn0108-10

More than a feeling: sensation from cortical stimulation

Kristina J Nielsen1 & Edward M Callaway1

  1. The authors are in the Systems Neurobiology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
    e-mail: callaway@salk.edu


Changes in neuronal firing underlie sensation, but how many neurons are needed to perceive these activity shifts? Two new studies in Nature suggest that the experimental modulation of only a few neurons can influence perception.

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