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ReviewNeuron2011

Neuronal basis for object location in the vibrissa scanning sensorimotor system.

David Kleinfeld, Martin Deschênes

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Review in Neuron, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers.

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101citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

101 citing papers in PubMed, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Diversity in Whisking-Related Dynamics of Layer 5 Neurons in the Motor Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  6. Multiple cortical systems influence a single vibrissa muscle.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. Interchangeable Role of Motor Cortex and Reafference for the Stable Execution of an Orofacial Action.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

David KleinfeldDepartment of Physics and Section of Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. dk@physics.ucsd.edu
Martin Deschênes
Université Laval · CAUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Sensorimotor Loops in Vibrissa SomatosensationR01NS058668 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KLEINFELD, DAVID · 2007 to 2016
$2.4M
CIHR MT-5877NINDS NIH HHS NS058668NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS058668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An essential issue in perception is how the location of an object is estimated from tactile signals in the context of self-generated changes in sensor configuration. Here, we review the pathways and dynamics of neuronal signals that encode touch in the rodent vibrissa sensorimotor system. Rodents rhythmically scan an array of long, facial hairs across a region of interest. Behavioral evidence shows that these animals maintain knowledge of the azimuthal position of their vibrissae. Electrophysiological measurements have identified a reafferent signal of the azimuth that is coded in normalized coordinates, broadcast throughout primary sensory cortex and provides strong modulation of signals of vibrissa contact. Efferent signals in motor cortex report the range of the scan. Collectively, these signals allow the rodent to form a percept of object location.

Indexed as

Brain MappingAfferent PathwaysAnimalsHumansNeuronsNonlinear DynamicsPeriodicityPhysical StimulationSomatosensory CortexTouchVibrissae

Identifiers

PMID22078505
PMCPMC3971931
OpenAlexW2139681697

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