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ArticleNature communications2023

Robust encoding of natural stimuli by neuronal response sequences in monkey visual cortex.

Yang Yiling, Katharine Shapcott, Alina Peter, Johanna Klon-Lipok, Huang Xuhui, Andreea Lazar, Wolf Singer

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yang YilingErnst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Katharine ShapcottErnst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8618-5779
Alina PeterErnst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Johanna Klon-LipokMax Planck Institute for Brain Research, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Huang XuhuiIntelligent Science and Technology Academy, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), 100144, Beijing, China.
Andreea LazarErnst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Wolf SingerErnst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. wolf.singer@brain.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-8299-2319
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DEChina Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (China) · CNErnst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience · DEMax Planck Institute for Brain Research · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parallel multisite recordings in the visual cortex of trained monkeys revealed that the responses of spatially distributed neurons to natural scenes are ordered in sequences. The rank order of these sequences is stimulus-specific and maintained even if the absolute timing of the responses is modified by manipulating stimulus parameters. The stimulus specificity of these sequences was highest when they were evoked by natural stimuli and deteriorated for stimulus versions in which certain statistical regularities were removed. This suggests that the response sequences result from a matching operation between sensory evidence and priors stored in the cortical network. Decoders trained on sequence order performed as well as decoders trained on rate vectors but the former could decode stimulus identity from considerably shorter response intervals than the latter. A simulated recurrent network reproduced similarly structured stimulus-specific response sequences, particularly once it was familiarized with the stimuli through non-supervised Hebbian learning. We propose that recurrent processing transforms signals from stationary visual scenes into sequential responses whose rank order is the result of a Bayesian matching operation. If this temporal code were used by the visual system it would allow for ultrafast processing of visual scenes.

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Temporal LobeVisual CortexAnimalsBayes TheoremMacaca mulattaNeuronsPhotic Stimulation

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