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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2026

Pronounced Neuroplasticity in the Primary Visual Cortex of the 13-Lined Ground Squirrel during Hibernation.

Allison Fultz, Carlos A Mejias-Aponte, Christina Jacob, Laura Castillo, Francisco M Nadal-Nicolas, Yue Gao, Wei Li, Hendrikje Nienborg

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Allison FultzLaboratory of Sensorimotor Research at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2806-6078
Carlos A Mejias-AponteLaboratory of Sensorimotor Research at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Christina JacobLaboratory of Sensorimotor Research at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Laura CastilloLaboratory of Sensorimotor Research at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Francisco M Nadal-NicolasRetinal Neurophysiology Section at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Yue GaoRetinal Neurophysiology Section at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6279-7547
Wei LiRetinal Neurophysiology Section at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2897-649X
Hendrikje NienborgLaboratory of Sensorimotor Research at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 hendrikje.nienborg@nih.gov.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-7251

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Abstract

Hibernating animals can show neuroplasticity throughout the hibernation season. In ground squirrels, decreased dendritic arborization in the hippocampus, somatosensory cortex, and thalamus during deep hibernation ("torpor") suggests that this neuroplasticity is a brain-wide phenomenon. However, the degree to which neuroplasticity occurs in the visual system is not clear. While transient retinal changes have been reported during torpor, neuroplasticity beyond the retina remains unknown. Here, we characterized hibernation-related neuroplasticity in the primary visual cortex (V1), the first cortical area to receive visual information, in the 13-lined ground squirrel (

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HibernationNeuronal PlasticityPrimary Visual CortexSciuridaeVisual CortexAnimalsDendritesFemaleMaleNeurons13-lined ground squirreldendriteshibernationmorphologyneuroplasticityprimary visual cortexpyramidal neuronspiny stellate neuron

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