2024
Brain-state mediated modulation of inter-laminar dependencies in visual cortex
Das A, Sheffield A, Nandy A, Jadi M. Brain-state mediated modulation of inter-laminar dependencies in visual cortex. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 5105. PMID: 38877026, PMCID: PMC11178935, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49144-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain state fluctuationsUnique dependenceSpatial attentionBehavioral outcomesState fluctuationsDeployment of spatial attentionDeployment of attentionBehaviorally relevant objectsComputational goalCluttered environmentsVisual cortexObject recognitionExcitatory populationHierarchical computationVisual area V4Internal fluctuationsDependenceRelevant objectsModulation patternsTask demandsEnhance information transferCortical networksNeural activityInformation transferArea V4
2023
Laminar mechanisms of saccadic suppression in primate visual cortex
Denagamage S, Morton M, Hudson N, Reynolds J, Jadi M, Nandy A. Laminar mechanisms of saccadic suppression in primate visual cortex. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 112720. PMID: 37392385, PMCID: PMC10528056, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112720.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaccadic suppressionFiring rateInter-neuronal correlationsLocal inhibitory activityCortical firing ratesEye movementsSaccadic eye movementsPutative inhibitory interneuronsDistinct neural subpopulationsVisual cortical networkPrimate visual cortexVisual area V4Inhibitory interneuronsCortical circuitryVisual cortexSaccade onsetArea V4Single neuronsCortical networksNeural subpopulationsVisual stabilityNeuronsInhibitory activityTemporary reductionVisual sensitivity