Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Sensory coding accuracy and perceptual performance are improved during the desynchronized cortical state

  • Charles B. Beaman,
  • Sarah L. Eagleman,
  • Valentin Dragoi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01030-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Changes in synchrony of cortical populations are observed across the sleep-wake cycle, however the effect of fluctuations in synchrony during wakefulness is not understood. Here the authors show that visual cortical neurons have improved sensory encoding accuracy as well as improved perceptual performance during periods of local population desynchrony.