Dual-feature selectivity enables bidirectional coding in visual cortical neurons
Nikos Karantzas, Katrin Franke, Konstantin F. Willeke, Maria Diamantaki, Kandan Ramakrishnan, Hasan Atakan Bedel, Pavithra Elumalai, Kelli Restivo, Paul G. Fahey, Cate Nealley, Tori Shinn, Gabrielle Garcia, Saumil Surendra Patel, Alexander S. Ecker, Edgar Y. Walker, , Andreas Savas Tolias
The paper identifies a dual-feature encoding strategy in visual cortical neurons where neurons respond to both enhancing and suppressing visual features, showing this strategy is conserved across species.
bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience