Tethered and battery-powered devices that interface with neural tissues can restrict natural
motions and prevent social interactions in animal models, thereby limiting the utility of these …

Over the past 10 years, the development and convergence of microbial opsin engineering,
modular genetic methods for cell-type targeting and optical strategies for guiding light …

Rapid and reversible manipulations of neural activity in behaving animals are transforming
our understanding of brain function. An important assumption underlying much of this work …

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) has garnered interest recently as a powerful
model for the future of neuroscience research. Much of this excitement has centered on the …

Neurons in putative decision-making structures can reflect both sensory and decision
signals, making their causal role in decisions unclear. Here, we tested whether rat posterior …

Songbirds, long of interest to basic neuroscience, have great potential as a model system for
translational neuroscience. Songbirds learn their complex vocal behavior in a manner that …

Research on avian cognitive neuroscience over the past two decades has revealed the
avian brain to be a better model for understanding human cognition than previously thought …

The cultural transmission of behaviour depends on the ability of the pupil to identify and
emulate an appropriate tutor,,–. How the brain of the pupil detects a suitable tutor and …

Courtship displays often involve the concerted production of several distinct courtship
behaviors. The neural circuits that enable the concerted production of the component …

Learning to vocalize depends on the ability to adaptively modify the temporal and spectral
features of vocal elements. Neurons that convey motor-related signals to the auditory system …