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Contextual gating of whisker-evoked responses by frontal cortex supports flexible decision making.
Ghaderi P; Crochet S; Petersen CCH
The study looks at how mice use sounds as cues to decide when to lick for a reward after their whiskers are touched. It shows that a part of the brain called wM2 is very important in helping mice remember the cue and make the right decision to lick or not.
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