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| Title |
Vibrissa motor cortex activity suppresses contralateral whisking behavior
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| Published in |
Nature Neuroscience, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1038/nn.4437 |
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| Authors |
Christian Laut Ebbesen, Guy Doron, Constanze Lenschow, Michael Brecht |
| Abstract |
Anatomical, stimulation and lesion data implicate vibrissa motor cortex in whisker motor control. Work on motor cortex has focused on movement generation, but correlations between vibrissa motor cortex activity and whisking are weak. The exact role of vibrissa motor cortex remains unknown. We recorded vibrissa motor cortex neurons during various forms of vibrissal touch, which were invariably associated with whisker protraction and movement. Free whisking, object palpation and social touch all resulted in decreased cortical activity. To understand this activity decrease, we performed juxtacellular recordings, nanostimulation and in vivo whole-cell recordings. Social touch resulted in decreased spiking activity, decreased cell excitability and membrane hyperpolarization. Activation of vibrissa motor cortex by intracortical microstimulation elicited whisker retraction, as if to abort vibrissal touch. Various vibrissa motor cortex inactivation protocols resulted in contralateral protraction and increased whisker movements. These data collectively point to movement suppression as a prime function of vibrissa motor cortex activity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 28 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 32% |
| Germany | 3 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |
| Japan | 1 | 4% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 61% |
| Scientists | 9 | 32% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 227 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 211 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 63 | 28% |
| Researcher | 60 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 6% |
| Professor | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 15% |
| Unknown | 23 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 81 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 78 | 34% |
| Engineering | 13 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 5% |
| Psychology | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 5% |
| Unknown | 25 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 November 2017.
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#1,772
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#21,495
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#38
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