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Baixi Ruan

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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The Logic of Thalamic Inputs onto the Molecular Taxonomy of Cortical Neurons Reveals a Visual Hierarchy

Xinxin Ge, Xing Wei, Baixi Ruan, Qin Ying Wu, Siyuan Chang, Nicole Y. Tsai, Shaobo Zhang, Xin Duan, Massimo Scanziani

The paper maps thalamic inputs onto molecularly defined cortical neurons in mice, revealing a visual hierarchy through bottom-up and top-down signatures.

bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience