▁aw ake ▁m ice ▁that ▁activation ▁of ▁P V + ▁inter neur ons ▁increases ▁the ▁re cept ive ▁field ▁size ▁and ▁decre ases ▁the ▁supp ression ▁of ▁neural ▁populations , ▁unders cor ing ▁the ▁role ▁these ▁cells ▁play ▁in ▁spatial ▁integration ▁and ▁highlight ing ▁the ▁utility ▁of ▁m ice ▁in ▁circuit ▁level ▁anal ys es ▁of ▁visual ▁processing . ▁ ▁Cont inu ing ▁to ▁use ▁m ice ▁as ▁models ▁to ▁study ▁visual ▁processing , ▁Bus se ▁and ▁her ▁team ▁expl ored ▁how ▁behavior al ▁context ▁impact s ▁neural ▁activity ▁in ▁V 1 . ▁They ▁found ▁that ▁lo com otion ▁de - cor rel ates ▁V 1 ▁population ▁responses ▁however , ▁lo com otion ▁seemed ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁tun ing ▁of ▁d ors ol ater al ▁gen ic ulate ▁nucle us ▁population ▁responses . ▁Over all , ▁their ▁find ings ▁highlight ed ▁novel ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁lo com otion ▁in ▁early ▁visual ▁system ▁information ▁processing . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁new ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁the ▁Ludwig ▁Maxim ilian ▁University ▁of ▁Mun ich , ▁Bus se ▁expl ored ▁whether ▁and ▁how ▁each ▁cort ical ▁layer ▁performs ▁surr ound ▁supp ression ▁and ▁coordinates ▁this ▁across ▁cort ical ▁layers . ▁Using ▁in ▁v ivo ▁record ings , ▁Bus se ▁and ▁her ▁group ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁detect ▁that ▁layer ▁ 3 ▁and ▁layer ▁ 4 ▁exhib ited ▁the ▁strong est ▁surr ound ▁supp ression ▁and ▁that ▁intermediate ▁stim ulus ▁sizes ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁strong est ▁functional ▁connections ▁between ▁layers . ▁ ▁In ▁their ▁ 2 0 1