Systematic microcircuit reconfigurations underlie early experience-induced visual cortical plasticity
Yao Li, Ziwei Shang, Zilong Ji, Meizhen Meng, Fengchao Wang, Xiang Gu, Miao He, Si Wu, Xiaohui Zhang
The paper investigates how early visual experience reshapes microcircuit connectivity in the mouse visual cortex during the critical period, identifying specific synaptic changes in inhibitory neurons that underlie plasticity.
bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience