{"675479":{"#nid":"675479","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Stimulus type shapes the topology of cellular functional networks in mouse visual cortex","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn the timescale of sensory processing, neuronal networks have relatively fixed anatomical connectivity, while functional interactions between neurons can vary depending on the ongoing activity of the neurons within the network. In a paper published in \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E, a team of researchers, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/hannah-choi\u0022\u003EHannah Choi\u003C\/a\u003E, hypothesizes that different types of stimuli could lead those networks to display stimulus-dependent functional connectivity patterns. The team analyzed single-cell resolution electrophysiological data from the Allen Institute, with simultaneous recordings of stimulus-evoked activity from neurons across 6 regions of the mouse visual cortex. The work reveals unexpected stimulus-dependence regarding the way groups of neurons interact to process incoming sensory information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the timescale of sensory processing, neuronal networks have relatively fixed anatomical connectivity, while functional interactions between neurons can vary depending on the ongoing activity of the neurons within the network. In a paper published in \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E, a team of researchers, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/hannah-choi\u0022\u003EHannah Choi\u003C\/a\u003E, hypothesizes that different types of stimuli could lead those networks to display stimulus-dependent functional connectivity patterns. The team analyzed single-cell resolution electrophysiological data from the Allen Institute, with simultaneous recordings of stimulus-evoked activity from neurons across 6 regions of the mouse visual cortex. The work reveals unexpected stimulus-dependence regarding the way groups of neurons interact to process incoming sensory information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2024-07-15 22:23:40","changed_gmt":"2024-07-17 18:50:32","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature Communications ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-49704-0","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173878","name":"quantitative biosciences"},{"id":"193853","name":"neuronal networks"},{"id":"68411","name":"neurons"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}