Descending pathways generate perception of and neural responses to weak sensory input

• Michael G. Metzen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michael G. Metzen, Chengjie G. Huang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Chengjie G. Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michael G. Metzen, Chengjie G. Huang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Maurice J. Chacron

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maurice.chacron@mcgill.ca

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3032-452X

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