April 24, 2024
The brain’s encoding of warm and cool

The brain’s encoding of warm and cool

Nature, Published online: 08 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00158-2

The cerebral cortex is the outer folded layer of the brain. It contains a population of neuronal cells that is dedicated to the representation of temperature. The activity of neurons in this ‘thermal cortex’ is different for warming compared with cooling, and is required for the perception of temperature.

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