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ArticleScientific reports2015

Neuronal Representation of Ultraviolet Visual Stimuli in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex.

Zhongchao Tan, Wenzhi Sun, Tsai-Wen Chen, Douglas Kim, Na Ji

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhongchao TanJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Dr., Ashburn, Virginia, 20147.
Wenzhi SunJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Dr., Ashburn, Virginia, 20147.
Tsai-Wen ChenJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Dr., Ashburn, Virginia, 20147.
Douglas KimJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Dr., Ashburn, Virginia, 20147.
Na JiJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Dr., Ashburn, Virginia, 20147.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USJanelia Research Campus · USHelix (United States) · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mouse has become an important model for understanding the neural basis of visual perception. Although it has long been known that mouse lens transmits ultraviolet (UV) light and mouse opsins have absorption in the UV band, little is known about how UV visual information is processed in the mouse brain. Using a custom UV stimulation system and in vivo calcium imaging, we characterized the feature selectivity of layer 2/3 neurons in mouse primary visual cortex (V1). In adult mice, a comparable percentage of the neuronal population responds to UV and visible stimuli, with similar pattern selectivity and receptive field properties. In young mice, the orientation selectivity for UV stimuli increased steadily during development, but not direction selectivity. Our results suggest that, by expanding the spectral window through which the mouse can acquire visual information, UV sensitivity provides an important component for mouse vision.

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AnimalsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, NeurologicalNeuronsOrientationPhotic StimulationUltraviolet RaysVisual CortexVisual PathwaysVisual Perception

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PMID26219604
PMCPMC4518215
OpenAlexW2270671260

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