Mechanisms underlying gain modulation in the cortex

KA Ferguson, JA Cardin - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Cortical gain regulation allows neurons to respond adaptively to changing inputs. Neural
gain is modulated by internal and external influences, including attentional and arousal …

The medial prefrontal cortex as a central hub for mental comorbidities associated with chronic pain

KK Kummer, M Mitrić, T Kalpachidou… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chronic pain patients frequently develop and suffer from mental comorbidities such as
depressive mood, impaired cognition, and other significant constraints of daily life, which …

Recapitulation and reversal of schizophrenia-related phenotypes in Setd1a-deficient mice

J Mukai, E Cannavò, GW Crabtree, Z Sun… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
SETD1A, a lysine-methyltransferase, is a key schizophrenia susceptibility gene. Mice
carrying a heterozygous loss-of-function mutation of the orthologous gene exhibit alterations …

Endogenous noise of neocortical neurons correlates with atypical sensory response variability in the Fmr1−/y mouse model of autism

AA Bhaskaran, T Gauvrit, Y Vyas, G Bony… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Excessive neural variability of sensory responses is a hallmark of atypical sensory
processing in autistic individuals with cascading effects on other core autism symptoms but …

Mapping thalamic innervation to individual L2/3 pyramidal neurons and modeling their 'readout'of visual input

A Balcioglu, R Gillani, M Doron, K Burnell, T Ku… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The thalamus is the main gateway for sensory information from the periphery to the
mammalian cerebral cortex. A major conundrum has been the discrepancy between the …

Pro-myelinating Clemastine administration improves recording performance of chronically implanted microelectrodes and nearby neuronal health

K Chen, F Cambi, TDY Kozai - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Intracortical microelectrodes have become a useful tool in neuroprosthetic applications in
the clinic and to understand neurological disorders in basic neurosciences. Many of these …

Gain control in the sensorimotor system

E Azim, K Seki - Current opinion in physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•The influence of sensory feedback on motor output is subject to constant
modulation.•Sensory gain control comes in many forms and serves diverse functions across …

Primary cilium-dependent cAMP/PKA signaling at the centrosome regulates neuronal migration

J Stoufflet, M Chaulet, M Doulazmi, C Fouquet… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The primary cilium (PC) is a small centrosome-assembled organelle, protruding from the
surface of most eukaryotic cells. It plays a key role in cell migration, but the underlying …

A latent pool of neurons silenced by sensory-evoked inhibition can be recruited to enhance perception

OM Gauld, AM Packer, LE Russell, HWP Dalgleish… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
To investigate which activity patterns in sensory cortex are relevant for perceptual decision-
making, we combined two-photon calcium imaging and targeted two-photon optogenetics to …

[HTML][HTML] An amygdala-to-cingulate cortex circuit for conflicting choices in chronic pain

K Valentinova, MA Acuña, NR Ntamati, NE Nevian… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Chronic pain is a complex experience with multifaceted behavioral manifestations, often
leading to pain avoidance at the expense of reward approach. How pain facilitates …