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 field (…

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 …

Binocular vision requires an exquisite matching of projections from each eye to form a cohesive
representation of the visual world. Eye-specific inputs are anatomically segregated, but …

Recognition memory provides the ability to distinguish familiar from novel objects and places,
and is important for recording and updating events to guide appropriate behavior. The …

Visual perception is affected by spatial context. In visual cortex, neuronal responses to stimuli
inside the receptive field (RF) are suppressed by stimuli in the RF surround. To understand …

The mammalian sensory neocortex consists of hierarchically organized areas reciprocally
connected via feedforward (FF) and feedback (FB) circuits. Several theories of hierarchical …

Background: Amyloid-β soluble oligomers (Aβo) are believed to be the cause of the
pathophysiology underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and are normally detected some two decades …

Orientation preference maps (OPMs) are a prominent feature of primary visual cortex (V1)
organization in many primates and carnivores. In rodents, neurons are not organized in OPMs …

Cortico-striatal neurocircuits mediate goal-directed and habitual actions which are necessary
for adaptive behaviour. It has recently been proposed that some of the core symptoms of …

The visual system is characterized by precise retinotopic mapping of each eye, together with
exquisitely matched binocular projections. In many species, the inputs that represent the …