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    5/17/2026, 4:35:28 PM
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      "prompt": "Convergent evidence across paired recordings, functional EM of L2/3, and millimetre-scale connectomics that excitatory-to-excitatory wiring in mouse V1 is biased by tuning similarity — most strongly for the few large-amplitude connections — and that the rule extends across layers and visual areas.",
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            "value": "~2× higher for same vs orthogonal orientation",
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            "doi": "10.1038/nature14182",
            "value": "~2 orders of magnitude span; strongest connections among most-correlated pairs",
            "method": "paired recordings + in vivo Ca imaging",
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            "value": "Same-orientation pairs preferentially synapsing despite uniform axon–dendrite proximity",
            "method": "two-photon Ca imaging + serial-section EM",
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            "value": "like-to-like extends across layers/areas including feedback; only feature (not spatial) component predicts connections",
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            "value_source_sentence": "Our results reveal that neurons with similar response properties are preferentially connected within and across layers and areas-including feedback connections-supporting the universality of 'like-to-like' connectivity across the visual hierarchy.",
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            "description": "Rows mix P(conn) trend with ΔOri (Ko 2011, p-value), EPSP-vs-correlation distribution (Cossell 2015), EM synapse preference (Lee 2016), and feature-similarity gradient (MICrONS). All probe like-to-like wiring but yield non-comparable scalar statistics.",
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            "Methods span paired recordings, functional EM, and millimetre-scale connectomics; n-definitions therefore differ.",
            "First three entries are confined to local L2/3 V1; MICrONS extends to other layers and inter-areal feedback connections — comparison spans broader scope."
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          "Like-to-like is measured by different statistics across studies (P(conn) trend, EPSP–correlation distribution, EM synapse preference, feature-similarity gradient); rows are not averageable.",
          "MICrONS covers V1 + higher visual areas, layers 2–6, including feedback; the other rows are local V1 L2/3."
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