Demonstrating how specific motor signals modulate sensory processing in the rat vibrissal system, a new study in this issue shows that motor signals first attenuate and then amplify afferent sensory signals.
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Ahissar, E. And motion changes it all. Nat Neurosci 11, 1369–1370 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1208-1369
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