Neurobiology - Parallel sensing

被引：8

作者：

Diamond, ME ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Int Sch Adv Studies, I-34014 Trieste, Italy

来源：

NATURE | 2000年 / 406卷 / 6793期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1038/35018663

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Rats use their whiskers, which sweep back and forth, to detect objects. The resulting information is complicated: the brain needs to work out what was touched, and where and when it was touched. A study shows that these different types of information are segregated into two sensory channels.

引用

页码：245 / 247

页数：2

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[1] Transformation from temporal to rate coding in a somatosensory thalamocortical pathway [J].