UC San Diego researcher receives $21 million grant to study sensory coordination in animals

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UC San Diego researcher receives $21 million grant to study sensory coordination in animals
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For all animals, sensory processing is a matter of survival. Sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing -; the coordination of these senses together helps them find food, return to shelter and escape danger.

University of California - San DiegoSep 17 2024

This NIH grant is a tremendous achievement that further showcases the immense talent of our faculty for groundbreaking research and collaboration across universities and disciplines. David's work will move us even closer to unlocking one of the universe's great mysteries: the brain." Reverse engineering the brain Over a decade ago, Kleinfeld and colleagues began investigating rat whiskers -; called vibrissae -; and the underlying nerve circuitry.

"What we hope to accomplish in the end is to get a picture of the motor control that allows rats to coordinate all these sensory inputs, and how they use sensory signals in a feedback loop to enhance this coordination," Kleinfeld stated.

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