Manipulating the Perception of Touch via Dendrites (VIDEO)

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Researchers Matthew Larkum and Naoya Takahashi describe their research. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 23, 2016, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by N. Takahashi at University of Berlin in Berlin, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Active cortical dendrites modulate perception."

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Thomas Splettstoesser, www.scistyle.com

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