title: Visual circuits get the VIP treatment.
abstract: Behavioral state, specifically locomotion, has been shown to enhance sensory responses in primary visual cortex. In this issue of Cell, Fu et al. reveal the circuit elements that mediate this plasticity and suggest that these circuits may serve a general modulatory function across primary sensory areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: glickfeld@neuro.duke.edu.
authors.forename: Lindsey L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Glickfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D019579:Neocortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D012420:Running; D014795:Visual Pathways