September 3, 2024Open Access

Visual experience-dependent auditory and visual plasticity in the mouse visual cortex

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HTHuub TerraNetherlands Institute for Neuroscience LKLeander de KrakerNetherlands Institute for Neuroscience CLChristiaan N. LeveltNetherlands Institute for Neuroscience

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In vivo imaging study demonstrates increased auditory responsiveness alongside reduced visual drive in dark-reared mice, suggesting cross-modal takeover of sensory areas.

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Early dark rearing enhances auditory response strength within lateral dorsal stream regions while decreasing overall visual drive across mouse higher visual cortical areas.
Two-photon calcium imaging in awake dark-reared mice recorded single-neuron auditory responsiveness in primary visual cortex and higher visual areas during acoustic stimulation.
Highlights how early visual deprivation enables non-visual sensory takeover in visual cortex, though findings reflect a mouse model requiring further preclinical validation.

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Terra et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e598d9b6db6435875333f0 https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.31.610645

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In vivo imaging study demonstrates increased auditory responsiveness alongside reduced visual drive in dark-reared mice, suggesting cross-modal takeover of sensory areas.

Visual experience-dependent auditory and visual plasticity in the mouse visual cortex

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Visual experience-dependent auditory and visual plasticity in the mouse visual cortex

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