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Anatomy and function of an excitatory network in the visual cortex

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  • Wei-Chung Allen Lee

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Vincent Bonin

    (Harvard Medical School
    Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, a research initiative by imec, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) and Katholieke Universiteit (KU))

  • Michael Reed

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Brett J. Graham

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Greg Hood

    (Biomedical Applications Group, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Katie Glattfelder

    (Allen Institute for Brain Science)

  • R. Clay Reid

    (Harvard Medical School
    Allen Institute for Brain Science)

Abstract

Two-photon calcium imaging and electron microscopy were used to explore the relationship between structure and function in mouse primary visual cortex, showing that layer 2/3 neurons are connected in subnetworks, that pyramidal neurons with similar orientation selectivity preferentially form synapses with each other, and that neurons with similar orientation tuning form larger synapses; this study exemplifies functional connectomics as a powerful method for studying the organizational logic of cortical networks.

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  • Wei-Chung Allen Lee & Vincent Bonin & Michael Reed & Brett J. Graham & Greg Hood & Katie Glattfelder & R. Clay Reid, 2016. "Anatomy and function of an excitatory network in the visual cortex," Nature, Nature, vol. 532(7599), pages 370-374, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:532:y:2016:i:7599:d:10.1038_nature17192
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17192
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