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Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volume 38, 2015

How Inhibitory Circuits in the Thalamus Serve Vision

Abstract

Inhibitory neurons dominate the intrinsic circuits in the visual thalamus. Interneurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus innervate relay cells and each other densely to provide powerful inhibition. The visual sector of the overlying thalamic reticular nucleus receives input from relay cells and supplies feedback inhibition to them in return. Together, these two inhibitory circuits influence all information transmitted from the retina to the primary visual cortex. By contrast, relay cells make few local connections. This review explores the role of thalamic inhibition from the dual perspectives of feature detection and information theory. For example, we describe how inhibition sharpens tuning for spatial and temporal features of the stimulus and how it might enhance image perception. We also discuss how inhibitory circuits help to reduce redundancy in signals sent downstream and, at the same time, are adapted to maximize the amount of information conveyed to the cortex.

Keyword(s): interneuron, lateral geniculate, reticular nucleus, whole-cell
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How Inhibitory Circuits in the Thalamus Serve Vision
Annual Review of Neuroscience 38, 309 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-071013-014229
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