An animal's behavioral state is reflected in the dynamics of cortical population activity and its
capacity to process sensory information. To better understand the relationship between …

Animals live in a complex and changing environment with various degrees of behavioral
demands. In rodents, the behavioral states can change from sleep and quiet wakefulness to …

How cortical circuits build representations of complex objects is poorly understood.
Individual neurons must integrate broadly over space, yet simultaneously obtain sharp …

Stable perception arises from the interaction between sensory inputs and internal activity
fluctuations in cortex. Here we analyzed how different types of activity contribute to cortical …

Long-range corticocortical communication may have important roles in context-dependent
sensory processing, yet we know very little about how these pathways influence their target …

The ability of cortical networks to integrate information from different sources is essential for
cognitive processes. On one hand, sensory areas exhibit fast dynamics often phase-locked …

As in other sensory modalities, one function of the somatosensory system is to detect
coherence and contrast in the environment. To investigate the neural bases of these …

A crucial role of cortical networks is the conversion of sensory inputs into perception. In the
cortical somatosensory network, neurons of the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) show …

Cortical processing of task-relevant information enables recognition of behaviorally
meaningful sensory events. It is unclear how task-related information is represented within …

Correlation among neocortical neurons is thought to play an indispensable role in mediating
sensory processing of external stimuli. The role of temporal precision in this correlation has …