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A Simple Stimulatory Device for Evoking Point-like Tactile Stimuli: A Searchlight for LFP to Spike Transitions
Published on: March 25, 2014
Spike times make sense
Rufin VanRullen1, Rudy Guyonneau, Simon J Thorpe
1Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, 133 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France. rufin.vanrullen@cerco.ups-tlse.fr
Abstract:
Many behavioral responses are completed too quickly for the underlying sensory processes to rely on estimation of neural firing rates over extended time windows. Theoretically, first-spike times could underlie such rapid responses, but direct evidence has been lacking. Such evidence has now been uncovered in the human somatosensory system. We discuss these findings and their potential generalization to other sensory modalities, and we consider some future challenges for the neuroscientific community.
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