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Locomotion Controls Spatial Integration in Mouse Visual Cortex
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Growing evidence indicates that responses in sensory cortex are modulated by factors beyond direct sensory stimulation. In primary visual cortex (V1), for instance, responses increase with locomotion. Here we show that this increase is accompanied by a profound change in spatial integration. We recorded from V1 neurons in head-fixed mice placed on a spherical treadmill. We characterized spatial integration and found that the responses of most neurons were suppressed by large stimuli. As in primates, this surround suppression increased with stimulus contrast. These effects were captured by a divisive normalization model, where the numerator originates from a central region driving the neuron and the denominator originates from a larger suppressive field. We then studied the effects of locomotion and found that it markedly reduced surround suppression, allowing V1 neurons to integrate over larger regions of visual space. Locomotion had two main effects: it increased spontaneous activity, and it weakened the suppressive signals mediating normalization, relative to the driving signals. We conclude that a fundamental aspect of visual processing, spatial integration, is controlled by an apparently unrelated factor, locomotion. This control might operate through the mechanisms that are in place to deliver surround suppression.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ayaz, A., Saleem, A. B., Schölvinck, M. L., & Carandini, M.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Ayaz, Aslı
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 890-894
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3661981
- OpenAlex
- W2057290285
- Cited by
- 249
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Research Council
- Wellcome Trust
- Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- locomotion, primary visual cortex, spatial integration, surround suppression, divisive normalization, spontaneous activity, stimulus contrast, mouse visual cortex
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Locomotion, Space Perception, Visual Cortex, Mice
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