The logic of recurrent circuits in the primary visual cortex.
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| Title: | The logic of recurrent circuits in the primary visual cortex. |
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| Authors: | Oldenburg, Ian Antón (AUTHOR), Hendricks, William D. (AUTHOR), Handy, Gregory (AUTHOR), Shamardani, Kiarash (AUTHOR), Bounds, Hayley A. (AUTHOR), Doiron, Brent (AUTHOR), Adesnik, Hillel (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Nature Neuroscience. Jan2024, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p137-147. 11p. |
| Abstract: | Recurrent cortical activity sculpts visual perception by refining, amplifying or suppressing visual input. However, the rules that govern the influence of recurrent activity remain enigmatic. We used ensemble-specific two-photon optogenetics in the mouse visual cortex to isolate the impact of recurrent activity from external visual input. We found that the spatial arrangement and the visual feature preference of the stimulated ensemble and the neighboring neurons jointly determine the net effect of recurrent activity. Photoactivation of these ensembles drives suppression in all cells beyond 30 µm but uniformly drives activation in closer similarly tuned cells. In nonsimilarly tuned cells, compact, cotuned ensembles drive net suppression, while diffuse, cotuned ensembles drive activation. Computational modeling suggests that highly local recurrent excitatory connectivity and selective convergence onto inhibitory neurons explain these effects. Our findings reveal a straightforward logic in which space and feature preference of cortical ensembles determine their impact on local recurrent activity. Using two-photon (2P) optogenetics and computational modeling, the authors find that neither space-based nor feature-based rules are sufficient to describe cell–cell interactions within the primary visual cortex (V1). Instead, models must include interactions between these cardinal axes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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