Naoya Takahashi

This study identifies distinct roles of cortical layer 5 IT and ET neurons in associative learning using transgenic mice and calcium imaging.

The paper investigates how local changes in extracellular potassium ions affect dendritic integration in visual cortex pyramidal neurons, showing they amplify input-output transformations without compromising orientation selectivity.

The paper shows that perirhinal cortex input to neocortical layer 1 is critical for early memory formation through dendritic calcium elevation and burst firing in layer 5 pyramidal neurons.