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John C Curtis1, David Kleinfeld.
Abstract
The behavioral state of an animal is accompanied by ongoing brain activity that primes neuronal circuitry to sensory inputs. While it should come as no surprise that the pattern of cortical activation is tied to behavioral states, only now has this dependence been imaged. In this issue of Neuron, Ferezou, Bolea, and Petersen show that the level and spatial extent of activation of vibrissa sensory cortex critically depend on behavioral context and mode of stimulation, i.e., passive versus active contact.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16701202 PMCID: PMC2863010 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.05.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuron ISSN: 0896-6273 Impact factor: 17.173