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ArticleNeuron2025

Coordination of distinct sources of excitatory inputs enhances motion selectivity in the mouse visual thalamus.

Yue Fei, Michelle Y Luh, Ashley Ontiri, Dawood Ghauri, Wenxin Hu, Liang Liang

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Article in Neuron, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yue FeiInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Michelle Y LuhYale College, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Ashley OntiriDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Dawood GhauriDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Wenxin HuDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Liang LiangDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: liang.liang@yale.edu.

Funding

ResourceP40OD010996 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STRICK, PETER · 2012 to 2024
$11.0M
Yale Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY026878 · NEI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Jonathan B Demb · 2016 to 2026
$7.1M
Functional circuitry and computation of the visual thalamusR01EY034697 · NEI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Liang Liang · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY026878NEI NIH HHS R01 EY034697NIH HHS P40 OD010996
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sources innervate the visual thalamus to influence image-forming vision prior to the cortex, yet coordination between non-retinal and retinal inputs in shaping thalamic visual selectivity remains unclear. Using dual-color two-photon calcium imaging in the thalamus of awake mice, we observed a higher fraction of direction-selective boutons among input from superior colliculus neurons than from retinal ganglion cells, both providing strong converging excitatory input to thalamic neurons. Collicular and retinal axons exhibit retinotopic organization with similar precision. At a fine scale of ∼10 μm, collicular boutons often shared feature preferences with nearby retinal boutons. Inhibiting collicular input significantly suppressed visual responses in thalamic shell neurons and specifically reduced selectivity in neurons preferring motion along the temporal direction or horizontal axis. These findings suggest that the thalamus is not merely a relay but selectively integrates inputs from multiple regions to build stimulus selectivity and shape the information transmitted to the cortex.

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Geniculate BodiesMotion PerceptionVisual PathwaysAnimalsCortical ExcitabilityFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeuronsOptical ImagingPhotic StimulationPrimary Visual CortexRetinaRetinal Ganglion Cellschronic two-photon calcium imaging in awake micecolliculogeniculate axonsdorsal lateral geniculate nucleusfunctional convergencemotion selectivitypresynaptic functional clusteringretinogeniculate axonssuperior colliculusvisual processingvisual thalamus

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PMCPMC12476077

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