Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Multiple concurrent feedforward and feedback streams in a cortical hierarchy Visual stimuli evoke fast-evolving activity patterns that are distributed across multiple cortical areas. These areas are hierarchically structured, as indicated by their anatomical projections, but how large-scale feedforward and feedback streams are functionally organized in this system remains an important missing clue to understanding cortical processing. By analyzing visual evoked responses in laminar recordings from six cortical areas in awake mice, we established the simultaneous presence of two feedforward and two feedback networks, each with a distinct laminar functional connectivity profile, frequency spectrum, temporal dynamics and functional hierarchy. We furthermore identified a distinct role for each of these four processing streams, by leveraging stimulus contrast effects and analyzing receptive field convergency along functional interactions. Our results support a dynamic dual counterstream view of hierarchical processing and provide new insight into how separate functional streams can simultaneously and dynamically operate in visual cortex.
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