title: Sensing and deciding in the somatosensory system.
abstract: Combined psychophysical and neurophysiological experiments have revealed some of the neural codes associated with perception and processing of tactile information. Recently, intracortical microstimulation was used to demonstrate a causal link between primary cortical activity and perception. Evidence for a subsequent link, between a sensory decision process and its expression as a movement, has been found in motor areas.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-253, 04510, México DF, Mexico. rromo@ifisiol.unam.mx
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salinas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*