title: More than a feeling: sensation from cortical stimulation.
abstract: Changes in neuronal firing underlie sensation, but how many neurons are needed to perceive these activity shifts? Two new studies in Nature suggest that the experimental modulation of only a few neurons can influence perception.
authors.affiliation: Systems Neurobiology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Kristina J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Callaway
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000166:cytology*