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ArticleNature communications2024

A primary sensory cortical interareal feedforward inhibitory circuit for tacto-visual integration.

Simon Weiler, Vahid Rahmati, Marcel Isstas, Johann Wutke, Andreas Walter Stark, Christian Franke, Jürgen Graf, Christian Geis, Otto W Witte, Mark Hübener and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Simon WeilerSainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neuronal Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, 25 Howland Street, London, W1T 4JG, UK.
Vahid RahmatiJena University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8969-527X
Marcel IsstasFriedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of General Zoology and Animal Physiology, Erbertstraße 1, 07743, Jena, Germany.
Johann WutkeJena University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany.
Andreas Walter StarkFriedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics, Fröbelstieg 1, 07743, Jena, Germany.
Christian FrankeFriedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics, Fröbelstieg 1, 07743, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0326-7232
Jürgen GrafJena University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany.
Christian GeisJena University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9859-581X
Otto W WitteJena University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany.
Mark HübenerMax Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
Jürgen BolzFriedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of General Zoology and Animal Physiology, Erbertstraße 1, 07743, Jena, Germany.
Troy W MargrieSainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neuronal Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, 25 Howland Street, London, W1T 4JG, UK.
Knut HolthoffJena University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9182-6056
Manuel TeichertJena University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany. manuel.teichert@med.uni-jena.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8129-6849

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tactile sensation and vision are often both utilized for the exploration of objects that are within reach though it is not known whether or how these two distinct sensory systems combine such information. Here in mice, we used a combination of stereo photogrammetry for 3D reconstruction of the whisker array, brain-wide anatomical tracing and functional connectivity analysis to explore the possibility of tacto-visual convergence in sensory space and within the circuitry of the primary visual cortex (VISp). Strikingly, we find that stimulation of the contralateral whisker array suppresses visually evoked activity in a tacto-visual sub-region of VISp whose visual space representation closely overlaps with the whisker search space. This suppression is mediated by local fast-spiking interneurons that receive a direct cortico-cortical input predominantly from layer 6 neurons located in the posterior primary somatosensory barrel cortex (SSp-bfd). These data demonstrate functional convergence within and between two primary sensory cortical areas for multisensory object detection and recognition.

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NeuronsTouchAnimalsInterneuronsMiceRecognition, PsychologySomatosensory CortexVibrissae

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PMID38594279
PMCPMC11003985

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