Oran et. al used NeuroNexus linear probes (A1x16-10mm-100- 500-177) to evaluate the mechanisms of interhemispheric correlations and their dependence on behavioral state in the barrel cortex of awake mice. They showed that the interhemispheric correlations between the two barrel cortices depend on whisking state, and that the majority of these correlations were decreased during whisking compared to quiet wakefulness. Furthermore, despite general elevated firing rate in the whisking state, the activity of imaged callosal fibers was decreased. These results suggest the causal role of corpus callosum activity in mediating interhemispheric communication, as well as its dependence on the behavioral state of the animal.