title: From perception to action: a spatiotemporal cortical map.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Guo et al. (2014) optogenetically probe contributions of different cortical regions to tactile sensory perception, finding that somatosensory cortex is necessary for acquisition of sensory information and frontal cortex is necessary for planning motor output.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Sensory Processing, Brain Mind Institute, Faculty of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; INSERM U1028; CNRS UMR5292; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Integrative Physiology of Brain Arousal System Team, Lyon F-69000, France. Electronic address: sylvain.crochet@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crochet
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Sensory Processing, Brain Mind Institute, Faculty of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: carl.petersen@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Carl C H
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*