Neuronal circuits in barrel cortex for whisker sensory perception

JF Staiger, CCH Petersen - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The array of whiskers on the snout provides rodents with tactile sensory information relating
to the size, shape and texture of objects in their immediate environment. Rodents can use …

The cortical states of wakefulness

JFA Poulet, S Crochet - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cortical neurons process information on a background of spontaneous, ongoing activity with
distinct spatiotemporal profiles defining different cortical states. During wakefulness, cortical …

Dynamic lateralization of pupil dilation evoked by locus coeruleus activation results from sympathetic, not parasympathetic, contributions

Y Liu, C Rodenkirch, N Moskowitz, B Schriver, Q Wang - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Pupil size is collectively controlled by the sympathetic dilator and parasympathetic sphincter
muscles. Locus coeruleus (LC) activation has been shown to evoke pupil dilation, but how …

Origins of choice-related activity in mouse somatosensory cortex

H Yang, SE Kwon, KS Severson, DH O'connor - Nature neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
During perceptual decisions about faint or ambiguous sensory stimuli, even identical stimuli
can produce different choices. Spike trains from sensory cortex neurons can predict trial-to …

The importance of accounting for movement when relating neuronal activity to sensory and cognitive processes

E Zagha, JC Erlich, S Lee, G Lur… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
A surprising finding of recent studies in mouse is the dominance of widespread movement-
related activity throughout the brain, including in early sensory areas. In awake subjects …

Whisker-mediated touch system in rodents: from neuron to behavior

M Adibi - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A key question in systems neuroscience is to identify how sensory stimuli are represented in
neuronal activity, and how the activity of sensory neurons in turn is “read out” by downstream …

Scalable thousand channel penetrating microneedle arrays on flex for multimodal and large area coverage brainmachine interfaces

SH Lee, M Thunemann, K Lee… - Advanced functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Utah array powers cutting‐edge projects for restoration of neurological function, such as
BrainGate, but the underlying electrode technology has itself advanced little in the last three …

Rapid effects of vagus nerve stimulation on sensory processing through activation of neuromodulatory systems

C Rodenkirch, JB Carmel, Q Wang - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
After sensory information is encoded into neural signals at the periphery, it is processed
through multiple brain regions before perception occurs (ie, sensory processing). Recent …

Competing neural ensembles in motor cortex gate goal-directed motor output

E Zagha, X Ge, DA McCormick - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Unit recordings in behaving animals have revealed the transformation of sensory to motor
representations in cortical neurons. However, we still lack basic insights into the …

The adaptive trade-off between detection and discrimination in cortical representations and behavior

DR Ollerenshaw, HJV Zheng, DC Millard, Q Wang… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
It has long been posited that detectability of sensory inputs can be sacrificed in favor of
improved discriminability and that sensory adaptation may mediate this trade-off. The extent …