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ArticleAnnual review of vision science2015

Visual Functions of the Thalamus.

W Martin Usrey, Henry J Alitto

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Article in Annual review of vision science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

W Martin UsreyCenter for Neuroscience and Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California, Davis, California 95618.
Henry J AlittoCenter for Neuroscience and Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California, Davis, California 95618.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCH CORE GRANTP30EY012576 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI MARIE E BURNS · 1999 to 2026
$18.9M
Functional Properties of Neural Circuits for VisionR01EY013588 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI USREY, W MARTIN · 2001 to 2022
$7.8M
Prenatal Development of Visual SystemR01EY016182 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI USREY, W MARTIN · 2005 to 2014
$3.3M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY012576NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013588NEI NIH HHS R01 EY016182
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thalamus is the heavily interconnected partner of the neocortex. All areas of the neocortex receive afferent input from and send efferent projections to specific thalamic nuclei. Through these connections, the thalamus serves to provide the cortex with sensory input, and to facilitate interareal cortical communication and motor and cognitive functions. In the visual system, the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the dorsal thalamus is the gateway through which visual information reaches the cerebral cortex. Visual processing in the LGN includes spatial and temporal influences on visual signals that serve to adjust response gain, transform the temporal structure of retinal activity patterns, and increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the retinal signal while preserving its basic content. This review examines recent advances in our understanding of LGN function and circuit organization and places these findings in a historical context.

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Identifiers

PMID28217740
PMCPMC5310631
OpenAlexW1869936268

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