Striatum acts as hub for multisensory integration
Friday, August 22, 2014 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
A new study provides insight on how the brain processes external input such as touch, vision or sound from different sources and sides of the body, in order to select and generate adequate movements. The findings show that the striatum acts as a sensory ‘hub’ integrating various types of sensory information, with specialized functional roles for the different neuron types.