The brain continuously adapts its processing machinery to behavioural demands. To
achieve this, it rapidly modulates the operating mode of cortical circuits, controlling the way …

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 …

Following the discovery of context-dependent synchronization of oscillatory neuronal
responses in the visual system, the role of neural synchrony in cortical networks has been …

The massive visual input from the eye to the brain requires selective processing of some
visual information at the expense of other information, a process referred to as visual …

Attention exerts a strong influence over neuronal processing in cortical areas,. It selectively
increases firing rates,, and affects tuning properties,, including changing receptive field …

Attention allows us to select relevant sensory information for preferential processing.
Behaviourally, it improves performance in various visual tasks. One prominent effect of …

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 …

Growing evidence indicates that responses in sensory cortex are modulated by factors
beyond direct sensory stimulation [1–8]. In primary visual cortex (V1), for instance …

Rhythmic activity of neuronal ensembles has been proposed to play an important role in
cognitive functions such as attention, perception, and memory. Here we investigate whether …

Inhibitory interneurons in the cerebral cortex include a vast array of subtypes, varying in their
molecular signatures, electrophysiological properties, and connectivity patterns. This …