Analysis methods for large-scale neuronal recordings

C Stringer, M Pachitariu - Science, 2024 - science.org
Simultaneous recordings from hundreds or thousands of neurons are becoming routine
because of innovations in instrumentation, molecular tools, and data processing software …

How 'visual'is the visual cortex? The interactions between the visual cortex and other sensory, motivational and motor systems as enabling factors for visual perception

CMA Pennartz, MN Oude Lohuis… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The definition of the visual cortex is primarily based on the evidence that lesions of this area
impair visual perception. However, this does not exclude that the visual cortex may process …

Activity in primate visual cortex is minimally driven by spontaneous movements

BC Talluri, I Kang, A Lazere, KR Quinn, N Kaliss… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Organisms process sensory information in the context of their own moving bodies, an idea
referred to as embodiment. This idea is important for developmental neuroscience, robotics …

Neural signatures of natural behaviour in socializing macaques

C Testard, S Tremblay, F Parodi, RW DiTullio… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Our understanding of the neurobiology of primate behaviour largely derives from artificial
tasks in highly controlled laboratory settings, overlooking most natural behaviours that …

Visuo-frontal interactions during social learning in freely moving macaques

M Franch, S Yellapantula, A Parajuli, N Kharas… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Social interactions represent a ubiquitous aspect of our everyday life that we acquire by
interpreting and responding to visual cues from conspecifics. However, despite the general …

Low and high beta rhythms have different motor cortical sources and distinct roles in movement control and spatiotemporal attention

S Nougaret, L López-Galdo, E Caytan, J Poitreau… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Low and high beta frequency rhythms were observed in the motor cortex, but their respective
sources and behavioral correlates remain unknown. We studied local field potentials (LFPs) …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior

P Cisek, AM Green - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the most exciting new developments in systems neuroscience is the progress being
made toward neurophysiological experiments that move beyond simplified laboratory …

[HTML][HTML] Neural mechanisms underlying uninstructed orofacial movements during reward-based learning behaviors

WR Li, T Nakano, K Mizutani, T Matsubara, M Kawatani… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
During reward-based learning tasks, animals make orofacial movements that globally
influence brain activity at the timings of reward expectation and acquisition. These orofacial …

Is the impact of spontaneous movements on early visual cortex species specific?

I Kang, BC Talluri, JL Yates, CM Niell… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Recent studies in non-human primates do not find pronounced signals related to the
animal's own body movements in the responses of neurons in the visual cortex. This is …

Population coding of strategic variables during foraging in freely moving macaques

N Shahidi, M Franch, A Parajuli, P Schrater… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Until now, it has been difficult to examine the neural bases of foraging in naturalistic
environments because previous approaches have relied on restrained animals performing …