Abstract:Sensory cortex encompasses the regions of the cerebral cortex that receive primary sensory inputs and is crucial for conscious sensory perception in humans. Yet, some forms of perception are possible without sensory cortex. For example in animal models, the association of a sound detection to a simple behavior resists to the inactivation of auditory cortex. In contrast, post-training inactivation experiments conducted in visual or somatosensory cortex led to much stronger effects. Here we show that muscimol in… Show more
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