Brian A. Cary

This study shows that prey capture learning during the critical period in mice enhances visual function through structural plasticity, including increased excitatory connectivity and spine turnover, which is absent in adults.

This study shows that learning in juvenile rats leads to a slow increase in firing rates in V1b neurons, driven by homeostatic plasticity mechanisms.

This study shows that ciliary neuropeptidergic signaling dynamically modulates excitatory synapses in postnatal neocortical pyramidal neurons, with SSTR3 playing a key role.

This study investigates whether sleep and wake states drive changes in neocortical synaptic strength in juvenile rats, finding no significant changes in synaptic strength across these states.

The paper shows that sensory deprivation alters both feedforward and feedback excitation-inhibition ratios in layer 4 of V1, with feedback inhibition primarily causing reduced visual responsiveness.