Topic: whiskers

A central interest in neuroscience is understanding how the brain produces and orchestrates behavior. Our group studies these topics in rats, utilizing recent advances in tracking technology and analytic tools to quantify and explore behavior in naturalistic, unrestrained contexts. Previous publications from the group describe robust postural and behavioral representations in the posterior parietal cortex (PPC), frontal motor cortex and primary sensory cortices (Mimica et al., 2018, Mimica, Tombaz et al., 2023). To better understand how neuronal populations integrate active sensory input to in