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ArticleNature communications2025

Context flexibly modulates cue representations in visual cortex.

Alexa D Faulkner, Alvin S Chiu, Armin Sarabi, Swathi Karthik, Yaoxin S Li, Christian R Burgess

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexa D FaulknerMichigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-6210
Alvin S ChiuMichigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Armin SarabiDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Swathi KarthikMichigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Yaoxin S LiMichigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Christian R BurgessMichigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. crburge@umich.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6133-8089

Funding

NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience-Administrative SupplementT32DA007281 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Shelly Beth Flagel · 1995 to 2026
$5.7M
Early Stage Training in the NeurosciencesT32NS076401 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Carol Fuzeti Elias, LESLIE S. SATIN · 2011 to 2026
$3.1M
Neural Ensemble Modulation of Learned Visual Cues across Wake and Sleep StatesF31MH123132 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FAULKNER, ALEXA · 2020 to 2022
$100k
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007281NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH123132NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS076401U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 5T32DA007281-27U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) F31MH123132-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Learned sensory cues result in enhanced responses in sensory cortices and, in turn, enhanced responses draw attention towards cues in our environment that guide future decision making. To respond appropriately, one must recognize the cue but also the context. Here we use two-photon imaging in visual cortex as mice learn a visual discrimination task and subsequently experience a change in external context through introduction of a threat stimulus. Stimuli associated with a reward elicit an enhanced response due to newly recruited neurons responding preferentially to the rewarded cue in addition to neurons increasing their response magnitude. Introduction of threat results in a largely separate set of neurons encoding cues, but the maintenance of the enhanced response to a rewarded cue. When the threat is relieved, representations revert to their initial state. These data suggest that external context changes can result in rapid but flexible shifts in the representation of visual cues.

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CuesVisual CortexAnimalsFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsPhotic StimulationRewardVisual Perception

Identifiers

PMID40593715
PMCPMC12216689

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