Little is known about the mechanisms that allow the cortex to selectively improve the neural
representations of behaviorally important stimuli while ignoring irrelevant stimuli. Diffuse …

The electrophysiological properties of sensory neurons in the adult cortex are not immutable
but can change in response to alterations of sensory input caused by manipulation of …

The cerebral cortex of the human brain is a sheet of about 10 billion neurons divided into
discrete subdivisions or areas that process particular aspects of sensation, movement, and …

Receptive fields of sensory cortical neurons are plastic, changing in response to alterations
of neural activity or sensory experience,,,,,,,,,,,. In this way, cortical representations of the …

The neocortex receives information about the environment and the rest of the brain through
pathways from the thalamus. These pathways have frequency-dependent properties that …

Synapses and receptive fields of the cerebral cortex are plastic. However, changes to
specific inputs must be coordinated within neural networks to ensure that excitability and …

One of the basic functions of the cerebral cortex is the analysis and representation of
relations among the components of sensory and motor patterns. It is proposed that the cortex …

The pharmacological basis of perceptual learning and associated cortical reorganizations
remains elusive. We induced perceptual learning by Hebbian coactivation of the skin of the …

The nucleus basalis of the basal forebrain is an essential component of the
neuromodulatory system controlling the behavioral state of an animal and it is thought to be …

Cortical neurons receive balanced excitatory and inhibitory synaptic currents. Such a
balance could be established and maintained in an experience-dependent manner by …