Topic: thermal perception

The processing of sensory information by the neocortex is at the heart of conscious perception and is known to involve a dynamic interaction between synaptically connected GABAergic inhibitory interneurons (INs) and excitatory principal neurons (PNs). One hypothesis is that sensory feature encoding in PNs is supported by different IN types performing specific functional roles. Here we address this hypothesis in the mouse thermal cortex. The thermal system is a fundamental pathway required for accurate object identification, pain perception and body temperature regulation and one that is highly