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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Systems Neuroscience

Background:

  • Neurons require stable representations for consistent sensory perception.
  • Neuronal activity often exhibits progressive drift over time, challenging stable sensory processing.
  • Previous studies show stable neural responses to artificial stimuli in visual areas, but stability with naturalistic stimuli remains unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the stimulus-dependent stability of neural representations in the mouse primary visual cortex (V1).
  • To compare the representational stability of artificial versus naturalistic visual stimuli over weeks using chronic imaging.

Main Methods:

  • Chronic 2-photon imaging of neuronal populations in mouse V1.
  • Direct comparison of neural responses to artificial stimuli (gratings) and naturalistic stimuli (movies) across multiple sessions.
  • Analysis of representational drift, cortical layer differences, inhibitory interneuron activity, and local population correlation structure.

Main Results:

  • Neural responses to artificial gratings remained highly stable across sessions.
  • Neural responses to naturalistic movies exhibited progressive representational drift over weeks.
  • Differential drift was observed across cortical layers and in inhibitory interneurons.
  • Representational drift correlated with changes in local population correlation structure, not solely response strength or stimulus statistics.

Conclusions:

  • Representational stability in V1 is stimulus-dependent.
  • The stability of neural representations may be influenced by the inherent circuit architecture of co-tuned neurons.
  • Naturalistic stimuli may induce representational drift due to their complexity or how they engage neural circuits.