ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Thalamic circuit diversity for active visual processing
Conscious image perception depends on the dorsolateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) of the thalamus. The dLGN receives signals from the retina and sends its outputs to the primary visual cortex. Already at this first central stage, the brain actively modulates vision by attention and arousal. Yet, the circuit mechanisms for processing and actively modulating visual information in the dLGN are largely not known. Cells and circuits in the dLGN show diverse specializations, which can only partially be explained by known parallel streams of information. I here propose to explore the role of thalamic circuit diversity for visual processing and its active modulation, using cutting-edge technologies…
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