NIH R01 · 2025
Cellular Mechanisms of State-Dependent Processing in Visual Cortex
Cellular mechanisms of state-dependent processing in visual cortex Current understanding of neuronal mechanisms mediating processing of visual information and visual perception is largely based on results from experiments on either anesthetized or awake and attentive brains. However, these two states represent two extremes on a continuum of states of alertness, and it is known that both humans and animals perceive and respond to stimuli when non-attentive, nonalert and even during light sleep. Indeed, recent studies in awake mice and rabbits revealed that transitions between alert and nonalert states dramatically change the operation of thalamic and cortical neurons along the visual…
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