How cortical circuits implement cortical computations: mouse visual cortex as a model

CM Niell, M Scanziani - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
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 visual cortex in context

E Froudarakis, PG Fahey, J Reimer… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In this article, we review the anatomical inputs and outputs to the mouse primary visual
cortex, area V1. Our survey of data from the Allen Institute Mouse Connectivity project …

Hierarchical and nonhierarchical features of the mouse visual cortical network

RD D'Souza, Q Wang, W Ji, AM Meier… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Neocortical computations underlying vision are performed by a distributed network of
functionally specialized areas. Mouse visual cortex, a dense interareal network that exhibits …

[HTML][HTML] Mouse higher visual areas provide both distributed and specialized contributions to visually guided behaviors

M Jin, LL Glickfeld - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Cortical parallel processing streams segregate many diverse features of a sensory scene.
However, some features are distributed across streams, begging the question of whether …

Integration of feedforward and feedback information streams in the modular architecture of mouse visual cortex

A Burkhalter, RD D'Souza, W Ji… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Radial cell columns are a hallmark feature of cortical architecture in many mammalian
species. It has long been held, based on the lack of orientation columns, that such functional …

Object manifold geometry across the mouse cortical visual hierarchy

E Froudarakis, U Cohen, M Diamantaki, EY Walker… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Despite variations in appearance we robustly recognize objects. Neuronal populations
responding to objects presented under varying conditions form object manifolds and …

Eavesdropping wires: Recording activity in axons using genetically encoded calcium indicators

GJ Broussard, L Petreanu - Journal of neuroscience methods, 2021 - Elsevier
Neurons broadcast electrical signals to distal brain regions through extensive axonal arbors.
Genetically encoded calcium sensors permit the direct observation of action potential activity …

Nonlinear spatial integration underlies the diversity of retinal ganglion cell responses to natural images

D Karamanlis, T Gollisch - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
How neurons encode natural stimuli is a fundamental question for sensory neuroscience. In
the early visual system, standard encoding models assume that neurons linearly filter …

Anatomical and functional connectomes underlying hierarchical visual processing in mouse visual system

R Gămănuţ, D Shimaoka - Brain Structure and Function, 2022 - Springer
Over the last 10 years, there has been a surge in interest in the rodent visual system
resulting from the discovery of visual processing functions shared with primates V1, and of a …

Higher order visual areas enhance stimulus responsiveness in mouse primary visual cortex

MN Oude Lohuis, AC Canton, CMA Pennartz… - Cerebral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Over the past few years, the various areas that surround the primary visual cortex (V1) in the
mouse have been associated with many functions, ranging from higher order visual …