Thalamocortical control of context invariant cortical output (C05)

• Subject Area: Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 227953431

Project C05 will examine how rodents achieve the generation of robust sensory perception despite variations in stimulus configurations. Vertebrates are able to identify objects regardless of context – such as variations in the object’s position, size or orientation, but the computations that underlie this capability remain poorly understood. Recordings in behaving animals, reconstructions of the input and output pathways of recorded neurons, and computational modelling will be combined to examine how cortical output neurons can achieve context invariant stimulus representations.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1089: Synaptic Micronetworks in Health and Disease
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Heads: Dr. Marcel Oberlaender; Professorin Dr. Tatjana Tchumatchenko