A mass-model, large-scale network of the interactions between cerebellum, thalamus and neocortex in the mouse during active whisking. The model successfully predicts the correlation lags hinting at directional interactions pre- and post-whisker movement, as well as the results of multiple optogenetic inactivations.
Experimental motivation: This model supports the framework of neocortical areas feeding information about movement plans to the cerebellum, which then drives corrections in movement via neocortex.
Model Type: Neural mass; Realistic Network
Region(s) or Organism(s): Cerebellum; Mouse; Neocortex; Thalamus
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Model Concept(s): Motor control; Sensory processing; Whisking
Simulation Environment: MATLAB
Implementer(s): Mejias, Jorge [j.f.mejias at uva.nl]
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