Barrels XXIX: Barrels go Hollywood

Abstract

Barrels XXIX brought together researchers focusing on the rodent barrel cortex and associated systems. The meeting revolved around three themes: thalamocortical interactions in motor control, touch in rodent, monkey, and humans, and the nature of the multisensory computations the brain makes. Over two days these topics were covered as well as many more presentations that focused on the physiology, behavior, and development of the rodent whisker-to-barrel cortex system.

Keywords:

• Barrel cortex
• multisensory
• physiology
• vibrissae
• whiskers

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the Brain and Creativity Institute at The University of Southern California for being such welcoming hosts. Thanks to the University of Southern California, Department of Neuroscience for hosting the poster session. Thanks to the organizing committee: Joshua C. Brumberg, Randy Bruno, Mitra Hartmann, S. Andrew Hires, David Kleinfeld, Daniel O’Connor, Robert Sachdev, Jochen Staiger, and Mary Ann Wilson. Special thanks to Kathleen Diekmann for technical support.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.