?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Adaptation+in+the+Corticothalamic+Loop%3A+Computational+Prospects+of+Tuning+the+Senses&rft.creator=Hillenbrand%2C+Dr.+Ulrich&rft.creator=van+Hemmen%2C+Prof.+Dr.+J.+Leo&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.description=The+present+article+discusses+computational+hypotheses+on+corticothalamic+feedback+and+modulation+of+cortical+response+properties.+We+have+recently+proposed+the+two+phenomena+to+be+related%2C+hypothesizing+that+neuronal+velocity+preference+in+the+visual+cortex+is+altered+by+feedback+to+the+lateral+geniculate+nucleus.+We+now+contrast+the+common+view+that+response+adaptation+to+stimuli+subserves+a+function+of+redundancy+reduction+with+the+idea+that+it+may+enhance+cortical+representation+of+objects.+Our+arguments+lead+to+the+concept+that+the+corticothalamic+loop+is+involved+in+reducing+sensory+input+to+behaviorally+relevant+aspects%2C+a+pre-attentive+gating.&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2721%2F1%2FHillenbrand_vanHemmen_02.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hillenbrand%2C+Dr.+Ulrich+and+van+Hemmen%2C+Prof.+Dr.+J.+Leo++(2002)+Adaptation+in+the+Corticothalamic+Loop%3A+Computational+Prospects+of+Tuning+the+Senses.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2721%2F