Behavioral arousal organizes visual cortical population micro-states across the sleep-wake cycle
Jun-Ying Wang, Gerjan Huis in ’t Veld, Kengo Takahashi, Kes Tijsseling, Mathis Bassler, Andreas Knoben, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz, Umberto Olcese
The paper shows that visual cortical population micro-states are organized by behavioral arousal rather than discrete sleep-wake states in mice.
bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience