Here the authors investigate the neural basis of coherence and contrast detection in the somatosensory system. Model-based analysis of the responses of neurons in the barrel cortex reveal different coding schemes according to the level of correlation in the spatiotemporal patterns of whisker stimulation. The cell populations they find in the primary somatosensory cortex are analogous to cell classes previously reported in two separate cortical areas of the visual system.
- Luc Estebanez
- Sami El Boustani
- Daniel E Shulz
