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Thalamic control of sensory selection in divided attention

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  • Ralf D. Wimmer

    (New York University Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center)

  • L. Ian Schmitt

    (New York University Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center)

  • Thomas J. Davidson

    (Stanford University)

  • Miho Nakajima

    (New York University Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center)

  • Karl Deisseroth

    (Stanford University
    Cracking the Neural Code Program, Stanford University
    Stanford University)

  • Michael M. Halassa

    (New York University Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center
    New York University Langone Medical Center
    Center for Neural Science, New York University)

Abstract

The authors trained mice to attend to or suppress vision based on behavioral context and show, through novel and established techniques, that changes in visual gain rely on tunable feedforward inhibition of visual thalamus via innervating thalamic reticular neurons; these findings introduce a subcortical model of attention in which modality-specific thalamic reticular subnetworks mediate top-down and context-dependent control of sensory selection.

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  • Ralf D. Wimmer & L. Ian Schmitt & Thomas J. Davidson & Miho Nakajima & Karl Deisseroth & Michael M. Halassa, 2015. "Thalamic control of sensory selection in divided attention," Nature, Nature, vol. 526(7575), pages 705-709, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:526:y:2015:i:7575:d:10.1038_nature15398
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15398
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