Highlights•A switch in thalamocortical dynamics defines 'pre-sensory'and
'sensory'stages.•Pre-sensory networks prioritize detection at the expense of …

Two major checkpoints of development in cerebral cortex are the acquisition of continuous
spontaneous activity and the modulation of this activity by behavioral state. Despite the …

Maternal immune activation (MIA) has been identified as a causal factor in psychiatric
disorders by epidemiological studies in humans and mechanistic studies in rodent models …

Up to five percent of human infants are exposed to maternal antidepressant medication by
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRI) during pregnancy, yet the SRI effects on infants' early …

Stimulus repetition suppresses the neural activity in different sensory areas of the brain. This
mechanism of so-called stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) has been observed in both …

Adaptation is an important mechanism that causes a decrease in the neural response both
in terms of local field potentials (LFP) and spiking activity. We previously showed this …

Dendrite-targeting somatostatin-expressing interneurons (SST-INs) powerfully control signal
integration and synaptic plasticity in pyramidal dendrites during cortical development. We …

Neural synchronization has been engaged in several brain mechanisms. Previous studies
have shown that the interaction between the time of spiking activity and phase of local field …

Quantifying the spike-LFP phase coupling strength is a valuable approach to measure the
inter-neuronal rhythmic synchronization. This synchronization has been commonly …

Late fetal and early neonatal life is a period of rapid neurological development, with
dramatic structural and functional changes unfolding to create the complex neuronal …