Julia Veit

The paper investigates how inhibitory circuits modulate the relationship between aperiodic activity and spiking in mouse visual cortex across different states and contexts.

The paper identifies a recurrent circuit between pyramidal cells and somatostatin interneurons in mouse V1 that mediates context-dependent figure/ground modulation.

The paper develops balanced bidirectional optogenetics to alter neural temporal dynamics without affecting mean activity, showing that cortical temporal dynamics are causally required for sensory perception.

The paper shows VIP neurons scale local gamma oscillation gain and suppress global gamma coherence based on stimulus properties and retinal image statistics.

The paper shows how inhibitory subnetworks in mouse V1 cortex switch between cooperation and competition to adapt to varying input strength and size.

The paper identifies distinct somatostatin interneuron circuits that specifically control activity in different cortical layers through complementary inhibitory mechanisms.