Joseph P. Y. Kao

Brief Visual Deprivation Selectively Remodels Intracortical Inputs onto Layer 6 Corticothalamic Neurons in Primary Auditory Cortex.

Loss of one sensory modality can enhance processing in spared systems. Brief visual deprivation by dark exposure (DE) enhances auditory responses in the primary auditory cortex (A1) of adult mice, increasing firing rates, frequency selectivity, and behavioral performance. This enhancement is accompanied by reduced inhi...