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Scott R. Pluta

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity
Neural dynamics and brain functionVisual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchMultisensory perception and integration

Publications

22

Citations

395

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Scott R. Pluta studies how the brain processes touch and body-movement signals, focusing on circuits in the somatosensory cortex (the brain region handling touch information) and the superior colliculus (a midbrain area involved in orienting to sensory events). His work examines how neurons combine information across brain layers and body sides, and how factors like movement, expectation, and behavioral relevance shape what tactile signals mean to an animal. Much of this research uses whisker-touch systems in rodents as a model for studying sensory coding.

Somatosensory (touch) processingNeural population codingSensorimotor integration (whisking and locomotion)Superior colliculus functionTraveling waves and cortical dynamics

Publication output was low and intermittent from 2017 to 2023 but has increased notably in 2024 and 2025, suggesting a recent growth in activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication17182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 4 publications4242025: 4 publications42526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
  • PLoS Biology×2
  • Neuron×1
  • Journal of Neuroscience×1
  • eLife×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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