Tools for probing local circuits: high-density silicon probes combined with optogenetics

G Buzsáki, E Stark, A Berényi, D Khodagholy… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
To understand how function arises from the interactions between neurons, it is necessary to
use methods that allow the monitoring of brain activity at the single-neuron, single-spike …

The BRAIN Initiative: developing technology to catalyse neuroscience discovery

LA Jorgenson, WT Newsome… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The evolution of the field of neuroscience has been propelled by the advent of novel
technological capabilities, and the pace at which these capabilities are being developed has …

GABAergic signaling to astrocytes in the prefrontal cortex sustains goal-directed behaviors

S Mederos, C Sanchez-Puelles, J Esparza… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
GABA interneurons play a critical role in higher brain functions. Astrocytic glial cells interact
with synapses throughout the whole brain and are recognized as regulatory elements of …

Entorhinal-CA3 dual-input control of spike timing in the hippocampus by theta-gamma coupling

A Fernández-Ruiz, A Oliva, GA Nagy, AP Maurer… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Theta-gamma phase coupling and spike timing within theta oscillations are prominent
features of the hippocampus and are often related to navigation and memory. However, the …

Reactivations of emotional memory in the hippocampus–amygdala system during sleep

G Girardeau, I Inema, G Buzsáki - Nature neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
The consolidation of context-dependent emotional memory requires communication
between the hippocampus and the basolateral amygdala (BLA), but the mechanisms of this …

Network homeostasis and state dynamics of neocortical sleep

BO Watson, D Levenstein, JP Greene, JN Gelinas… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Sleep exerts many effects on mammalian forebrain networks, including homeostatic effects
on both synaptic strengths and firing rates. We used large-scale recordings to examine the …

Closed-loop control of epilepsy by transcranial electrical stimulation

A Berényi, M Belluscio, D Mao, G Buzsáki - Science, 2012 - science.org
Many neurological and psychiatric diseases are associated with clinically detectable, altered
brain dynamics. The aberrant brain activity, in principle, can be restored through electrical …

Theta sequences are essential for internally generated hippocampal firing fields

Y Wang, S Romani, B Lustig, A Leonardo… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Sensory cue inputs and memory-related internal brain activities govern the firing of
hippocampal neurons, but which specific firing patterns are induced by either of the two …

Diversity in neural firing dynamics supports both rigid and learned hippocampal sequences

AD Grosmark, G Buzsáki - Science, 2016 - science.org
Cell assembly sequences during learning are “replayed” during hippocampal ripples and
contribute to the consolidation of episodic memories. However, neuronal sequences may …

Large-scale, high-density (up to 512 channels) recording of local circuits in behaving animals

A Berényi, Z Somogyvári, AJ Nagy… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Monitoring representative fractions of neurons from multiple brain circuits in behaving
animals is necessary for understanding neuronal computation. Here, we describe a system …