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SUMMARY:TODAY Adrian Seminar - &quot\;Functional synaptic architecture of 
 visual cortex&quot\; - David Fitzpatrick\, Research Group Leader &amp\; Sc
 ientific Director\, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
DTSTART:20180226T163000Z
DTEND:20180226T180000Z
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CONTACT:Lyn Dakin
DESCRIPTION:The pioneering work of Hubel and Wiesel defined the fundamenta
 l challenge in understanding the functional organization of visual cortex:
  How do cortical circuits transform the information supplied by different 
 populations of retinal ganglion cells into coherent representations of the
  visual world? Their demonstration of emergent properties of cortical circ
 uits such as selectivity for the orientation of edges\, and an orderly col
 umnar architecture for orientation preference set the stage for a host of 
 studies that have addressed the circuit mechanisms responsible for this tr
 ansform. While progress has been substantial\, the fine scale functional s
 ynaptic architecture that allows individual neurons to integrate inputs fr
 om diverse sources to produce coherent sensory representations remains lar
 gely unknown. This presentation will focus on recent studies employing a c
 ombination of in vivo imaging and stimulation techniques with cellular and
  synaptic resolution that provide new insights into the role that function
 al specificity in synaptic connections and dendritic topology play in shap
 ing the cortical transform.
LOCATION:The Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room\, Department of Physiology Develo
 pment and Neuroscience
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