Oral somatosensation shapes lingual muscle maps in macaque orofacial primary motor cortex
Shreyas Punacha, Edric D. Tsang, Andrea B. Burke, Hayley Cowan, Lilah Q. Favour, Sherman Hayes, Jing‐Sheng Li, Derrick Tang, Fritzie I. Arce‐McShane
This study shows that oral somatosensation dynamically shapes motor cortical output to tongue muscles in macaques, with rapid reorganization under altered sensory conditions.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience