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    • Somatosensory System
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    • Perceiving object distance is vital for movement and avoiding danger.
    • Tactile cues anchor distance information to the body during active sensation.
    • Mechanisms of distance extraction by early somatosensory circuits are not fully understood.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • Investigate how second-order neurons in the mouse whisker brainstem encode peri-head object distance.
    • Identify coding schemes used by these neurons.
    • Determine the neural mechanisms underlying distance representation.

    Main Methods:

    • In vivo extracellular recordings in awake mice during a naturalistic wall-passing task.
    • Analysis of neuronal firing patterns in response to objects at varying distances.
    • Perturbation experiments to assess the role of multi-whisker integration and inhibition.

    Main Results:

    • Identified two distance-coding schemes: a proximity code (monotonic firing increase with approach) and a map code (peak tuning at specific distances).
    • The map code demonstrated superior population decoding of object distance.
    • Multi-whisker integration and internuclear inhibition were found to contribute to map-like tuning.

    Conclusions:

    • Brainstem circuits play a significant role in encoding peri-personal space distance.
    • Inhibition acts as a neural comparator, transforming proximity inputs into a spatial map.
    • This map-like representation aids in guiding movement and environmental interaction.