Neural correlate of subjective sensory experience gradually builds up across cortical areas.

@article{citeulike:1757049, abstract = {When a sensory stimulus is presented, many cortical areas are activated, but how does the representation of a sensory stimulus evolve in time and across cortical areas during a perceptual judgment? We investigated this question by analyzing the responses from single neurons, recorded in several cortical areas of parietal and frontal lobes, while trained monkeys reported the presence or absence of a mechanical vibration of varying amplitude applied to the skin of one fingertip. Here we show that the strength of the covariations between neuronal activity and perceptual judgments progressively increases across cortical areas as the activity is transmitted from the primary somatosensory cortex to the premotor areas of the frontal lobe. This finding suggests that the neuronal correlates of subjective sensory experience gradually build up across somatosensory areas of the parietal lobe and premotor cortices of the frontal lobe.}, address = {Instituto de Fisiolog\'{i}a Celular, Universidad Nacional Aut\'{o}noma de M\'{e}xico, 04510 M\'{e}xico D.F., M\'{e}xico.}, author = {de Lafuente, V. and Romo, R. }, citeulike-article-id = {1757049}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0605826103}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, keywords = {icms}, month = {September}, number = {39}, pages = {14266--14271}, posted-at = {2007-10-11 20:46:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Neural correlate of subjective sensory experience gradually builds up across cortical areas.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0605826103}, volume = {103}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1757049 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1757049 TI - Neural correlate of subjective sensory experience gradually builds up across cortical areas. JF - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A VL - 103 IS - 39 SP - 14266 EP - 14271 AD - Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México D.F., México. SN - 0027-8424 N2 - When a sensory stimulus is presented, many cortical areas are activated, but how does the representation of a sensory stimulus evolve in time and across cortical areas during a perceptual judgment? We investigated this question by analyzing the responses from single neurons, recorded in several cortical areas of parietal and frontal lobes, while trained monkeys reported the presence or absence of a mechanical vibration of varying amplitude applied to the skin of one fingertip. Here we show that the strength of the covariations between neuronal activity and perceptual judgments progressively increases across cortical areas as the activity is transmitted from the primary somatosensory cortex to the premotor areas of the frontal lobe. This finding suggests that the neuronal correlates of subjective sensory experience gradually build up across somatosensory areas of the parietal lobe and premotor cortices of the frontal lobe. KW - icms AU - de Lafuente, V AU - Romo, R PY - 2006/09/26/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0605826103 ER -