How cortical circuits implement cortical computations: mouse visual cortex as a model

CM Niell, M Scanziani - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The mouse, as a model organism to study the brain, gives us unprecedented experimental
access to the mammalian cerebral cortex. By determining the cortex's cellular composition …

Cerebral cortical folding, parcellation, and connectivity in humans, nonhuman primates, and mice

DC Van Essen, CJ Donahue… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Advances in neuroimaging and neuroanatomy have yielded major insights concerning
fundamental principles of cortical organization and evolution, thus speaking to how well …

[HTML][HTML] Ketamine disinhibits dendrites and enhances calcium signals in prefrontal dendritic spines

F Ali, DM Gerhard, K Sweasy, S Pothula… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A subanesthetic dose of ketamine causes acute psychotomimetic symptoms and sustained
antidepressant effects. In prefrontal cortex, the prevailing disinhibition hypothesis posits that …

[HTML][HTML] Thalamic control of cortical dynamics in a model of flexible motor sequencing

L Logiaco, LF Abbott, S Escola - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The neural mechanisms that generate an extensible library of motor motifs and flexibly string
them into arbitrary sequences are unclear. We developed a model in which inhibitory basal …

Principles of corticocortical communication: proposed schemes and design considerations

A Kohn, AI Jasper, JD Semedo, E Gokcen… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Nearly all brain functions involve routing neural activity among a distributed network of
areas. Understanding this routing requires more than a description of interareal anatomical …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancer viruses for combinatorial cell-subclass-specific labeling

LT Graybuck, TL Daigle, AE Sedeño-Cortés, M Walker… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Rapid cell type identification by new genomic single-cell analysis methods has not been met
with efficient experimental access to these cell types. To facilitate access to specific neural …

The fractal brain: scale-invariance in structure and dynamics

GF Grosu, AV Hopp, VV Moca, H Bârzan… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The past 40 years have witnessed extensive research on fractal structure and scale-free
dynamics in the brain. Although considerable progress has been made, a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Regional, layer, and cell-type-specific connectivity of the mouse default mode network

JD Whitesell, A Liska, L Coletta, KE Hirokawa, P Bohn… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The evolutionarily conserved default mode network (DMN) is a distributed set of brain
regions coactivated during resting states that is vulnerable to brain disorders. How disease …

Neural algorithms and circuits for motor planning

HK Inagaki, S Chen, K Daie… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The brain plans and executes volitional movements. The underlying patterns of neural
population activity have been explored in the context of movements of the eyes, limbs …

[HTML][HTML] Circuit-specific gene therapy reverses core symptoms in a primate Parkinson's disease model

Y Chen, Z Hong, J Wang, K Liu, J Liu, J Lin, S Feng… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder. Its symptoms are
typically treated with levodopa or dopamine receptor agonists, but its action lacks specificity …