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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
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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
Abstract
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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