Surround modulation (SM) is a fundamental property of sensory neurons in many species
and sensory modalities. SM is the ability of stimuli in the surround of a neuron's receptive …

The mouse, as a model organism to study the brain, gives us unprecedented experimental
access to the mammalian cerebral cortex. By determining the cortex's cellular composition …

The response of cortical neurons to a sensory stimulus is modulated by the context. In the
visual cortex, for example, stimulation of a pyramidal cell's receptive-field surround can …

Neurons in sensory cortex integrate multiple influences to parse objects and support
perception. Across multiple cortical areas, integration is characterized by two neuronal …

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 …

To establish the mouse as a genetically tractable model for high-order visual processing, we
characterized fine-scale retinotopic organization of visual cortex and determined functional …

The mouse is emerging as an important model for understanding how sensory neocortex
extracts cues to guide behavior, yet little is known about how these cues are processed …

Sensory information travels along feedforward connections through a hierarchy of cortical
areas, which, in turn, send feedback connections to lower-order areas. Feedback has been …

Understanding the neural basis of visual perception is a long-standing fundamental goal of
neuroscience. Historically, most vision studies were carried out on humans, macaques and …

Neurons in primary sensory cortex have diverse response properties, whereas higher
cortical areas are specialized. Specific connectivity may be important for areal …