Genetically encoded, single-component optogenetic tools have made a significant impact on
neuroscience, enabling specific modulation of selected cells within complex neural tissues …

The recent development of light-activated optogenetic probes allows for the identification
and manipulation of specific neural populations and their connections in awake animals with …

Data from perinatal and juvenile rodents support our hypothesis that the preBötzinger
complex generates inspiratory rhythm and the retrotrapezoid nucleus–parafacial respiratory …

Contiguous brain regions associated with a given behavior are increasingly being divided
into subregions associated with distinct aspects of that behavior. Using recently developed …

Heart rate and blood pressure oscillate in phase with respiratory activity. A component of
these oscillations is generated centrally, with respiratory neurons entraining the activity of …

We investigated locus coeruleus (LC) modulation of thalamic feature selectivity through
reverse correlation analysis of single-unit recordings from different stages of the rat vibrissa …

The level of wakefulness is one of the major factors affecting nociception and pain. Stress-
induced analgesia supports an animal's survival via prompt defensive responses against …

Exercise including locomotion requires appropriate autonomic cardiovascular adjustments
to meet the metabolic demands of contracting muscles, yet the functional brain architecture …

We used optogenetics to determine the global respiratory effects produced by selectively
stimulating raphe obscurus (RO) serotonergic neurons in anesthetized mice and to test …

Autonomic imbalance is an important characteristic of patients after myocardial infarction
(MI) and adversely contributes to post‐MI cardiac remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias …