The sensory cortex contains a wide array of neuronal types, which are connected together
into complex but partially stereotyped circuits. Sensory stimuli trigger cascades of electrical …

Predictive coding theories of sensory brain function interpret the hierarchical construction of
the cerebral cortex as a Bayesian, generative model capable of predicting the sensory data …

The spatio-temporal timing of the last round of mitosis, followed by the migration of
neuroblasts to the cortical plate leads to the formation of the six-layered cortex that is …

It is controversial whether mouse extrastriate cortex has a “simple” organization in which
lateral primary visual cortex (V1) is adjoined by a single area V2 or has a “complex” …

Sleep plays a key role in multiple cognitive functions and sleep pattern changes with aging.
Human studies revealed that aging decreases sleep efficiency and reduces the total sleep …

Highlights•During slow-wave sleep cortical activity is dominated by spindles and slow
waves.•During wake cortical network displays activated patterns.•Overall sleep slow wave …

Orientation selectivity (OS) is an emergent property in the primary visual cortex (V1). How
OS arises from synaptic circuits remains unsolved. Here, in vivo whole-cell recordings in the …

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 …

We report the results of extracellular single‐unit recording experiments where we
quantitatively analyzed the receptive‐field (RF) properties of neurons in V1 and an adjacent …

Research on the functional anatomy of visual cortical circuits has recently zoomed in from
the macroscopic level to the microscopic. High-resolution functional imaging has revealed …