Computational Modeling Reveals Biological Mechanisms Underlying the Whisker-Flick EEG (iScience)

November 10, 2025

Joseph Tharayil, James B. Isbister, Esra Neufeld, and Michael Reimann, iScience 2025, Volume 28, Issue 11, Article no. 113793, doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113793

Whisker flick stimulation is a commonly used protocol to investigate somatosensory processing in rodents. Neural activity evoked by whisker flicks produces a characteristic electroencephalogram (EEG) waveform known as a somatosensory evoked potential (SEP).