Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Chen on his recent study published in Science. In this study, Dr. Chen highlights how the brain incorporates external stimulus and internal memory to create the sense of touch. By utilizing mice models, Dr. Chen and his team from BU and the Allen Institute of Brain Science located a somatosensory cortex circuit responsible for quantifying sensory information. Dr. Chen’s study improves our understanding of a range of neurological disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases, like strokes and autism spectrum disorder, and may pave the way for selective treatments and interventions for altered sensory perception.
To read a more detailed summary of Dr. Chen’s study from BU Today, click here.
To read Dr. Chen’s new article in Science, click here.