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. 2014 Oct 22;84(2):246-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Keeping an eye on cortical states

James F A Poulet  1
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Keeping an eye on cortical states

James F A Poulet. Neuron. .
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Abstract

Membrane potential recordings in awake mice have correlated cortical state with locomotion and whisker movements. In this issue of Neuron, Reimer et al. (2014) now reveal that pupil dilation in stationary mice equally signals a change in cortical state and an enhancement of visual processing.

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