Pleased to share our new preprint showing:
1/ how somatosensory cortex combines mechanical information, arousal, and movement at the population level.
2/ that the geometry of this population reconfigures during inflammatory pain and protective behavior.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
biorxiv.org
A stimulus–state geometry in somatosensory cortex reorganizes during inflammatory pain
Adaptive behavior requires external input to be interpreted together with internal state and ongoing behavior. During pain, noxious somatosensory input evokes movement and arousal, and injury reshapes...