New technologies in neuroscience generate reams of data at an exponentially increasing
rate, spurring the design of very-large-scale data-mining initiatives. Several supranational …

Low-level perception results from neural-based computations, which build a multimodal
skeleton of unconscious or self-generated inferences on our environment. This review …

Rett syndrome (RTT) arises from loss-of-function mutations in methyl-CpG binding protein 2
gene (Mecp2), but fundamental aspects of its physiological mechanisms are unresolved …

Neural codes are believed to have adapted to the statistical properties of the natural
environment. However, the principles that govern the organization of ensemble activity in the …

Studies in biological vision have always been a great source of inspiration for design of
computer vision algorithms. In the past, several successful methods were designed with …

Cortical spike trains often appear noisy, with the timing and number of spikes varying across
repetitions of stimuli. Spiking variability can arise from internal (behavioral state, unreliable …

Visual cortical responses are known to be highly variable across trials within an
experimental session. However, the long-term stability of visual cortical responses is poorly …

Intrinsic neuronal variability significantly limits information encoding in the primary visual
cortex (V1). Certain stimuli can suppress this intertrial variability to increase the reliability of …

Head and eye movements incessantly modulate the luminance signals impinging onto the
retina during natural intersaccadic fixation. Yet, little is known about how these fixational …

Turtle dorsal cortex (dCx), a three-layered cortical area of the reptilian telencephalon,
receives inputs from the retina via the thalamic lateral geniculate nucleus and constitutes the …