Signal Integration in Thalamus: Labeled Lines Go Cross-Eyed and Blurry

Benjamin K Stafford; Andrew D Huberman

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.020

Signal Integration in Thalamus: Labeled Lines Go Cross-Eyed and Blurry

Neuron. 2017 Feb 22;93(4):717-720. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.020.

Authors

Benjamin K Stafford¹, Andrew D Huberman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
² Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; BioX, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28231456
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.020

Abstract

The brain uses sensory information from the periphery to create percepts. In this issue of Neuron, Rompani et al. (2017) show that visual signals are combined in unexpected ways that vastly expand the possible representations of the outside world.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain Mapping*
Chromosome Pairing / physiology*
Humans
Nerve Net / pathology
Nerve Net / physiology*
Neurons / pathology
Neurons / physiology*
Retinaldehyde / physiology*
Thalamus / physiology*

Substances

Retinaldehyde