Michael Lohse

TL;DR: This study presents the first network-based account of how face selectivity arises in the human brain and suggests a novel view on the relevance of feedforward projection from EVC to posterior occipitotemporal face areas in generating cortical faceSelectivity and differences in face recognition ability.

TL;DR: The authors show that neurons in the auditory thalamus and midbrain of mice display independent contrast gain control, not just the cortex as previously thought, and that this is implemented independently of cortical activity.

TL;DR: It is found that the frequency selectivity of individual thalamocortical axons is surprisingly heterogeneous, even in layers 3b/4 of the primary cortical areas, where the thalamic input is dominated by the lemniscal projection.

TL;DR: This work quantified similarity‐based encoding of dynamic faces in magnetoencephalographic sensor‐level oscillatory power for identity, expression, physical and perceptual similarity of facial form and motion and introduces a potential link between “face space” encoding and oscillatory network communication.

TL;DR: It is shown that stimulation of the whiskers causes widespread suppression of sound-evoked activity in mouse primary auditory cortex (A1), and that Crossmodal corticofugal projections to the auditory midbrain and thalamus play a pivotal role in integrating multisensory signals and in enabling communication between different sensory cortical areas.