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 …

Inhibitory stabilization and cortical computation

S Sadeh, C Clopath - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021‏ - nature.com
Neuronal networks with strong recurrent connectivity provide the brain with a powerful
means to perform complex computational tasks. However, high-gain excitatory networks are …

The influence of cortical activity on perception depends on behavioral state and sensory context

LE Russell, M Fişek, Z Yang, LP Tan… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The mechanistic link between neural circuit activity and behavior remains unclear. While
manipulating cortical activity can bias certain behaviors and elicit artificial percepts, some …

The stabilized supralinear network: a unifying circuit motif underlying multi-input integration in sensory cortex

DB Rubin, SD Van Hooser, KD Miller - Neuron, 2015‏ - cell.com
Neurons in sensory cortex integrate multiple influences to parse objects and support
perception. Across multiple cortical areas, integration is characterized by two neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal control of transient dynamics in balanced networks supports generation of complex movements

G Hennequin, TP Vogels, W Gerstner - Neuron, 2014‏ - cell.com
Populations of neurons in motor cortex engage in complex transient dynamics of large
amplitude during the execution of limb movements. Traditional network models with …

Inhibition stabilization is a widespread property of cortical networks

A Sanzeni, B Akitake, HC Goldbach, CE Leedy… - Elife, 2020‏ - elifesciences.org
Many cortical network models use recurrent coupling strong enough to require inhibition for
stabilization. Yet it has been experimentally unclear whether inhibition-stabilized network …

A disinhibitory circuit for contextual modulation in primary visual cortex

AJ Keller, M Dipoppa, MM Roth, MS Caudill, A Ingrosso… - Neuron, 2020‏ - cell.com
Context guides perception by influencing stimulus saliency. Accordingly, in visual cortex,
responses to a stimulus are modulated by context, the visual scene surrounding the …

Cortical-like dynamics in recurrent circuits optimized for sampling-based probabilistic inference

R Echeveste, L Aitchison, G Hennequin… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Sensory cortices display a suite of ubiquitous dynamical features, such as ongoing noise
variability, transient overshoots and oscillations, that have so far escaped a common …

The dynamical regime of sensory cortex: stable dynamics around a single stimulus-tuned attractor account for patterns of noise variability

G Hennequin, Y Ahmadian, DB Rubin, M Lengyel… - Neuron, 2018‏ - cell.com
Correlated variability in cortical activity is ubiquitously quenched following stimulus onset, in
a stimulus-dependent manner. These modulations have been attributed to circuit dynamics …

Flexible gating of contextual influences in natural vision

R Coen-Cagli, A Kohn, O Schwartz - Nature neuroscience, 2015‏ - nature.com
Identical sensory inputs can be perceived as markedly different when embedded in distinct
contexts. Neural responses to simple stimuli are also modulated by context, but the …