Neurons at the boundaries of sensory areas are cross-modal

Posted by Bayle Shanks at 3:35 AM EST

Via in vivo electrophysiology combined with sensory stimuli, Mark T. Wallace , Ramnarayan Ramachandran and Barry E. Stein found that

“at the borders between each of these domains [visual, auditory, and somatosensory cortex] a concentration of multisensory neurons was found whose modality profile matched the representations in neighboring cortices and that were able to integrate their cross-modal inputs…”

Here’s the article.

Leave a Reply

 

Additional comments powered by BackType

  • nd categories

  • contact us

    Neurodudes is moderated by Neville Sanjana, Bayle Shanks, and Stephen Larson. Comments that you post might be delayed so that we can tell our software that it's not spam -- however, not all comments are pre-screened so don't assume that we have read them, either. Any money we make off this site is used to pay for hosting, or given to charity; if in the future we pay contributors, we will include reader-authors. None of us are medical doctors so please don't ask for medical advice. Contact us here.