A dendrite-focused framework for understanding the actions of ketamine and psychedelics

NK Savalia, LX Shao, AC Kwan - Trends in neurosciences, 2021 - cell.com
Pilot studies have hinted that serotonergic psychedelics such as psilocybin may relieve
depression, and could possibly do so by promoting neural plasticity. Intriguingly, another …

[HTML][HTML] Deep-brain optical recording of neural dynamics during behavior

ZC Zhou, A Gordon-Fennell, SC Piantadosi, N Ji… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
In vivo fluorescence recording techniques have produced landmark discoveries in
neuroscience, providing insight into how single cell and circuit-level computations mediate …

[HTML][HTML] A rise-to-threshold process for a relative-value decision

V Vijayan, F Wang, K Wang, A Chakravorty, A Adachi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Whereas progress has been made in the identification of neural signals related to rapid,
cued decisions,–, less is known about how brains guide and terminate more ethologically …

A database and deep learning toolbox for noise-optimized, generalized spike inference from calcium imaging

P Rupprecht, S Carta, A Hoffmann, M Echizen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Inference of action potentials ('spikes') from neuronal calcium signals is complicated by the
scarcity of simultaneous measurements of action potentials and calcium signals ('ground …

Adaptive stimulus selection for consolidation in the hippocampus

S Terada, T Geiller, Z Liao, J O'Hare, B Vancura… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Associative memories guide behavioural adaptation by binding together outcome-predictive
sensory stimuli,. However, in a feature-rich environment, only a subset of stimuli may predict …

[HTML][HTML] A non-canonical striatopallidal Go pathway that supports motor control

MA Labouesse, A Torres-Herraez, MO Chohan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the classical model of the basal ganglia, direct pathway striatal projection neurons
(dSPNs) send projections to the substantia nigra (SNr) and entopeduncular nucleus to …

[HTML][HTML] Neuromorphic-based neuroprostheses for brain rewiring: state-of-the-art and perspectives in neuroengineering

M Chiappalone, VR Cota, M Carè, M Di Florio… - Brain sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuroprostheses are neuroengineering devices that have an interface with the nervous
system and supplement or substitute functionality in people with disabilities. In the collective …

Activity of a direct VTA to ventral pallidum GABA pathway encodes unconditioned reward value and sustains motivation for reward

WL Zhou, K Kim, F Ali, ST Pittenger, CA Calarco… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Dopamine signaling from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) plays critical roles in reward-
related behaviors, but less is known about the functions of neighboring VTA GABAergic …

[HTML][HTML] Neurons learn by predicting future activity

A Luczak, BL McNaughton, Y Kubo - Nature machine intelligence, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding how the brain learns may lead to machines with human-like intellectual
capacities. It was previously proposed that the brain may operate on the principle of …

[HTML][HTML] Nanostructured gold electrodes promote neural maturation and network connectivity

A Domínguez-Bajo, JM Rosa, A González-Mayorga… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Progress in the clinical application of recording and stimulation devices for neural diseases
is still limited, mainly because of suboptimal material engineering and unfavorable …