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 …

How a sensory stimulus is processed and perceived depends on the surrounding sensory
scene. In the visual cortex, contextual signals can be conveyed by an extensive network of …

Visual function declines with age. Using extracellular single-unit in vivo recordings, we
compared the function of primary visual cortical (area 17) cells in young and old paralyzed …

Local interneurons provide feed-forward inhibition from retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) to
thalamocortical (TC) neurons, but questions remain regarding the timing, magnitude, and …

Visual functions deteriorate gradually during the normal aging process, including the
decrease of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity to visual signals, impairments in orientation …

Inhibitory interneurons (INs) critically control the excitability and plasticity of neuronal
networks, but whether activity can direct INs into specific circuits during development is …

Human visual function declines with age. Much of this decline is mediated by changes in the
central visual pathways. In this study we compared the spatial and temporal sensitivities of …

Feedforward inhibition is ubiquitous as a motif in the organization of neuronal circuits.
During sensory information processing, it is traditionally thought to sharpen the responses …

Previous studies have reported inconsistent effects of dietary restriction (DR) on cortical
inhibition. To clarify this issue, we examined the response properties of neurons in the …

The perception layer of the Internet of Things (IoT) needs to respond to service requests
rapidly. In the existing IoT perception methods, it remains challenging to concurrently ensure …