PLOS BiologyOct 23
How does the brain direct our #attention to conspicuous objects in our field of #vision? This study in humans maps the neural origin and propagation of #saliency signals through #CorticalLayers during visual processing
@PLOSBiology plos.io/4qqcAsW
Fabrizio MusacchioJul 23, 2025

A new study by Timothy Sit, Célian Bimbard, Anna Lebedeva, @MatteoCarandini, Philip Coen, and Kenneth Harris challenges the classic cortical column model. Using in vivo recordings, they show that layers 2/3 and 5 in #V1 encode distinct visual features — functionally dissociated, not redundant. A cool look into laminar specialization.

🌍 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.30.662366v2

#Neuroscience #VisualCortex #CorticalLayers #SystemsNeuroscience

PLOS BiologyJul 8, 2025
Electrical #BrainStimulation can be used to modulate #brain activity but how does it affect the #CorticalLayers? This study shows that only the deeper layers show phase-dependent changes in local field potential components upon electrical stimulation @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/406W3i5