SM Sherman, RW Guillery - … Transactions of the Royal …, 2002 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The lateral geniculate nucleus is the best understood thalamic relay and serves as a model for all thalamic relays. Only 5–10% of the input to geniculate relay cells derives from the …
The neocortex generates periods of recurrent activity, such as the slow (0.1–0.5 Hz) oscillation during slow-wave sleep. Here we demonstrate that slices of ferret neocortex …
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 …
SM Sherman, RW Guillery - Proceedings of the National …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
When one nerve cell acts on another, its postsynaptic effect can vary greatly. In sensory systems, inputs from “drivers” can be differentiated from those of “modulators.” The driver …
The cerebral cortex, occupying over 70 percent of our brain mass, is key to any understanding of the workings--and disorders--of the human brain. offering a …
The thalamus is a group of cells placed centrally in the brain that serve a critical role in controlling how both sensory and motor signals are passed from one part of the cerebral …
Most sensory stimuli are actively sampled, yet the role of sampling behavior in shaping sensory codes is poorly understood. Mammals sample odors by sniffing, a complex behavior …
J Hegdé, DC Van Essen - The Journal of Neuroscience, 2000 - Soc Neuroscience
To explore the role of visual area V2 in shape analysis, we studied the responses of neurons in area V2 of the alert macaque using a set of 128 grating and geometric line stimuli that …
We have investigated the relationship between membrane potential and firing rate in cat visual cortex and found that the spike threshold contributes substantially to the sharpness of …