The frontal area of the cerebral cortex provides long-range inputs to sensory areas to modulate neuronal activity and information processing. These long-range circuits are crucial for accurate sensory perception and complex behavioral control; however, little is known about their precise circuit organization. Here we specifically identified the presynaptic input neurons to individual excitatory neuron clones as a unit that constitutes functional microcircuits in the mouse sensory cortex. Interestingly, the long-range input neurons in the frontal but not contralateral sensory area are spatially organized into discrete vertical clusters and preferentially form synapses with each other over nearby non-input neurons. Moreover, the assembly of distant presynaptic microcircuits in the frontal area depends on the selective synaptic communication of excitatory neuron clones in the sensory area that provide inputs to the frontal area. These findings suggest that highly precise long-range reciprocal microcircuit-to-microcircuit communication mediates frontal-sensory area interactions in the mammalian cortex.
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