Lauren Ryan

The paper investigates how topographically matched subregions of vS1 and vS2 interact during whisker touch, finding that a sparse population of broadly tuned neurons in superficial layers amplifies touch responses between these areas.

The paper shows that mice learning to use novel optogenetic activity patterns in V1 experience amplified neural responses, suggesting cortical plasticity improves behavioral performance.

The paper shows that columnar scale lesions in mouse vS1 impair tactile discrimination but not detection.

This study shows that the rate of change in sensory cortical representations during learning constrains learning and affects behavior in mice performing a microstimulation task.