Functional Connectivity and principles of neural coding in the cat?s visual cortex

By recording the activity of many neurones simultaneously, the project seeks to study how different neurones in the neurocortex of the intact anaesthetised animal might interact with each other in integrating different sensory inputs. This means how, in response to visual stimulation, excitatory and inhibitory inputs from different sources, including inputs from within and between cortical areas, influence the biophysical properties of cells in the brain to sculpt their outputs. The project would also explore the strategy the brain might use to code the maximum amount of information in the sensory input without redundancy.