Neocortical layer 1: an elegant solution to top-down and bottom-up integration

B Schuman, S Dellal, A Prönneke… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Many of our daily activities, such as riding a bike to work or reading a book in a noisy cafe,
and highly skilled activities, such as a professional playing a tennis match or a violin …

Neuronal circuits in barrel cortex for whisker sensory perception

JF Staiger, CCH Petersen - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The array of whiskers on the snout provides rodents with tactile sensory information relating
to the size, shape and texture of objects in their immediate environment. Rodents can use …

Cross-modality sharpening of visual cortical processing through layer-1-mediated inhibition and disinhibition

LA Ibrahim, L Mesik, X Ji, Q Fang, H Li, Y Li, B Zingg… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Cross-modality interaction in sensory perception is advantageous for animals' survival. How
cortical sensory processing is cross-modally modulated and what are the underlying neural …

Approaches to understanding multisensory dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder

JK Siemann, J Veenstra‐VanderWeele… - Autism …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abnormal sensory responses are a DSM‐5 symptom of autism spectrum disorder (ASD),
and research findings demonstrate altered sensory processing in ASD. Beyond difficulties …

Subcortical circuits mediate communication between primary sensory cortical areas in mice

M Lohse, JC Dahmen, VM Bajo, AJ King - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Integration of information across the senses is critical for perception and is a common
property of neurons in the cerebral cortex, where it is thought to arise primarily from …

The visual cortex in context

E Froudarakis, PG Fahey, J Reimer… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In this article, we review the anatomical inputs and outputs to the mouse primary visual
cortex, area V1. Our survey of data from the Allen Institute Mouse Connectivity project …

Unpacking the navigation toolbox: insights from comparative cognition

KJ Jeffery, K Cheng, NS Newcombe… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The study of navigation is informed by ethological data from many species, laboratory
investigation at behavioural and neurobiological levels, and computational modelling …

Early sensory experience influences the development of multisensory thalamocortical and intracortical connections of primary sensory cortices

JU Henschke, AM Oelschlegel, F Angenstein… - Brain Structure and …, 2018 - Springer
The nervous system integrates information from multiple senses. This multisensory
integration already occurs in primary sensory cortices via direct thalamocortical and …

Somatosensory maps

S Harding-Forrester, DE Feldman - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Somatosensory areas containing topographic maps of the body surface are a major feature
of parietal cortex. In primates, parietal cortex contains four somatosensory areas, each with …

The current status of somatostatin‐interneurons in inhibitory control of brain function and plasticity

I Scheyltjens, L Arckens - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The mammalian neocortex contains many distinct inhibitory neuronal populations to balance
excitatory neurotransmission. A correct excitation/inhibition equilibrium is crucial for normal …