Interdependence of primary and secondary somatosensory cortices for plasticity and texture discrimination learning
Anurag Pandey, Sungmin Kang, Nicole Pacchiarini, Hanna Wyszynska, Aneesha Grewal, Alex Griffiths, Imogen Healy-Millett, Zena Masseri, Neil R. Hardingham, Joseph O’Neill, R. C. Honey, Kevin D. Fox
This study shows that both primary and secondary somatosensory cortices are required for whisker-based texture discrimination learning in mice, with S2 feedback modulating LTP in S1 and inducing structural plasticity in S1 basal dendrites.
bioRxiv · Apr 25, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience