Environmental context sculpts spatial and temporal visual processing in thalamus.

ABSTRACT: Behavioral state modulates neural activity throughout the visual system^1-3. This is largely due to changes in arousal that alter internal brain state^4-10. Much is known about how these internal factors influence visual processing^7-11, but comparatively less is known about the role of external environmental contexts¹². Environmental contexts can promote or prevent certain actions¹³, and it remains unclear if and how this affects visual processing. Here, we addressed this question in the thalamus of awake head-fixed mice while they viewed stimuli but remained stationary in two different environmental contexts: either a cylindrical tube, or a circular running wheel that enabled locomotion. We made silicon probe recordings in the dorsal la

SUBMITTER: Peelman K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11291113 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature