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 …

Many studies have shown that the excitation and inhibition received by cortical neurons
remain roughly balanced across many conditions. A key question for understanding the …

Recurrent cortical activity sculpts visual perception by refining, amplifying or suppressing
visual input. However, the rules that govern the influence of recurrent activity remain …

To guide future experiments aimed at understanding the mouse visual system, it is essential
that we have a solid handle on the global topography of visual cortical areas. Ideally, the …

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 …

Distinguishing sensory stimuli caused by changes in the environment from those caused by
an animal's own actions is a hallmark of sensory processing. Saccades are rapid eye …

Genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) promise to reveal the membrane potential of
genetically targeted neuronal populations through noninvasive, chronic imaging of large …

Neural processing is hypothesized to apply the same mathematical operations in a variety of
contexts, implementing so-called canonical neural computations. Divisive normalization …

The idea that there is a fundamental cortical circuit that performs canonical computations
remains compelling though far from proven. Here we review evidence for two canonical …

Monkeys are a premier model organism for neuroscience research. Activity in the central
nervous systems of monkeys can be recorded and manipulated while they perform complex …