The thalamus is an obligatory station through which nearly all sensory information must pass
before reaching the cerebral cortex. One of the major functions of the thalamus is the …

The lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) has often been treated in the past as a linear filter that
adds little to retinal processing of visual inputs. Here we review anatomical …

Cortical neurons recorded in vivo exhibit highly variable responses to the repeated
presentation of the same stimulus. To further understand the cellular mechanisms …

The mammalian visual cortex is composed of a constellation of cortical areas that are
interconnected by a dense network of corticocortical connections. Among those connections …

We studied the effects of saccadic eye movements on visual signaling in the primate lateral
geniculate nucleus (LGN), the earliest stage of central visual processing. Visual responses …

Natural time-varying images possess significant temporal correlations when sampled frame
by frame by the photoreceptors. These correlations persist even after retinal processing and …

The main role of the thalamus is to relay sensory inputs to the neocortex. In the primary
somatosensory thalamus (ventrobasal thalamus), sensory inputs deliver tactile information …

Sensory inputs from the whiskers reach the primary somatosensory thalamus through the
medial lemniscus tract. The main role of the thalamus is to relay these sensory inputs to the …

Central core (brainstem, diencephalic and basal forebrain) systems influence the functional
modes of thalamic and cortical neurons during behavioral states of vigilance. Recent studies …

We used whole-cell patch recording to study 102 local interneurons in the rat dorsal lateral
geniculate nucleus in vitro. Input impedance with this technique (607.0±222.4 MΩ) was far …