A brain cytokine-independent switch in cortical activity marks the onset of sickness behavior triggered by acute peripheral inflammation

SN Kurki, T Ala-Kurikka, A Lipponen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Systemic inflammation triggers protective as well as pro-inflammatory responses in the brain
based on neuronal and/or cytokine signaling, and it associates with acutely and protractedly …

Activity in developing prefrontal cortex is shaped by sleep and sensory experience

LJ Gómez, JC Dooley, MS Blumberg - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
In developing rats, behavioral state exerts a profound modulatory influence on neural activity
throughout the sensorimotor system, including primary motor cortex (M1). We hypothesized …

Sleep and cognition in aging dogs. A polysomnographic study

A Mondino, M Catanzariti, DM Mateos… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Sleep is fundamental for cognitive homeostasis, especially in senior
populations since clearance of amyloid beta (key in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's …

Electroencephalographic signatures of dogs with presumptive diagnosis of canine cognitive dysfunction

A Mondino, M Gutiérrez, C González, D Mateos… - Research in Veterinary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD) is a highly prevalent neurodegenerative disease
considered the canine analog of early Alzheimer's disease (AD). Unfortunately, CCD cannot …

The effect of urethane and MS-222 anesthesia on the electric organ discharge of the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus

AI Eske, D Lehotzky, M Ahmed, GKH Zupanc - Journal of Comparative …, 2023 - Springer
Urethane and MS-222 are agents widely employed for general anesthesia, yet, besides
inducing a state of unconsciousness, little is known about their neurophysiological effects …

Electrophysiological characterization of medial preoptic neurons in lactating rats and its modulation by hypocretin-1

M Rivas, D Serantes, C Pascovich, F Peña… - Neuroscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
The medial preoptic area (mPOA) undergoes through neuroanatomical changes across the
postpartum period, during which its neurons play a critical role in the regulation of maternal …

Dorsal and median raphe neuronal firing dynamics characterized by nonlinear measures

C Pascovich, D Serantes, A Rodriguez… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The dorsal (DRN) and median (MRN) raphe are important nuclei involved in similar
functions, including mood and sleep, but playing distinct roles. These nuclei have a different …

Responses to song playback differ in sleeping versus anesthetized songbirds

SW Bottjer, C Le Moing, E Li, R Yuan - eneuro, 2022 - eneuro.org
Vocal learning in songbirds is mediated by a highly localized system of interconnected
forebrain regions, including recurrent loops that traverse the cortex, basal ganglia, and …

Characterizing the power spectrum dynamics of the NREM to REM sleep transition

D Serantes, M Cavelli, J González, A Mondino… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The transition from NREM to REM sleep is considered a transitional or intermediate stage
(IS), characterized by high amplitude spindles in the frontal cortex and theta activity in the …

Developing a multiscale optical interrogation of interneuron dynamics in the rodent sensory cortex

PH Prouvot - 2023 - openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de
Die sensorische Verarbeitung im Kortex hängt von den Feinheiten der säulenförmigen
Mikroarchitektur sowie dem lokalen Erregungs-Hemmungs-Gleichgewicht ab, das selbst …