KuhlmanLab_2020_DevelopmentOfNaturalSceneRepresentationSuppl

These data are related to our 2020 publication, Kowalewski et al. Development of Natural Scene Representation in Primary Visual Cortex Requires Early Postnatal Experience, Current Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.046

Development of the visual system is shaped by early-life experience. Using 2-photon calcium imaging in mice, Kowalewski et al. find that visual experience reduces the number of neurons required to effectively encode grating stimuli and enhances natural scene representation by directly increasing V1 responsiveness to natural scene features. An example eye tracking movie is included, as well as the natural scene stimuli presented.

本数据集关联本团队2020年发表于《当代生物学》（Current Biology）的研究论文，题为《初级视觉皮层的自然场景表征发育依赖产后早期经验》（Kowalewski et al. Development of Natural Scene Representation in Primary Visual Cortex Requires Early Postnatal Experience），DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.046。

视觉系统的发育受生命早期经验塑造。Kowalewski等人通过对小鼠开展双光子钙成像（2-photon calcium imaging）实验发现，视觉经验可减少有效编码光栅刺激（grating stimuli）所需的神经元数量，并通过直接提升初级视觉皮层（Primary Visual Cortex，简称V1）对自然场景特征的响应性，增强自然场景表征能力。本数据集包含一例眼动追踪视频（eye tracking movie）以及实验中呈现的自然场景刺激材料（natural scene stimuli）。