Attractor and integrator networks in the brain

M Khona, IR Fiete - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
In this Review, we describe the singular success of attractor neural network models in
describing how the brain maintains persistent activity states for working memory, corrects …

Preparatory activity and the expansive null-space

MM Churchland, KV Shenoy - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The study of the cortical control of movement experienced a conceptual shift over recent
decades, as the basic currency of understanding shifted from single-neuron tuning towards …

Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordings

NA Steinmetz, C Aydin, A Lebedeva, M Okun… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Electrode arrays based on complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
silicon fabrication technology, such as Neuropixels probes, have enabled recordings of …

Computation through neural population dynamics

S Vyas, MD Golub, D Sussillo… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Significant experimental, computational, and theoretical work has identified rich structure
within the coordinated activity of interconnected neural populations. An emerging challenge …

Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement

S Arber, RM Costa - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
The execution and learning of diverse movements involve neuronal networks distributed
throughout the nervous system. The brainstem and basal ganglia are key for processing …

A sensory–motor theory of the neocortex

RPN Rao - Nature neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Recent neurophysiological and neuroanatomical studies suggest a close interaction
between sensory and motor processes across the neocortex. Here, I propose that the …

Towards the neural population doctrine

S Saxena, JP Cunningham - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•New generations of recording and computing technologies have enabled
neuroscience at the level of the neural population.•Landmark scientific findings suggest the …

Encouraging an excitable brain state: mechanisms of brain repair in stroke

MT Joy, ST Carmichael - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Stroke induces a plastic state in the brain. This period of enhanced plasticity leads to the
sprouting of new axons, the formation of new synapses and the remap** of sensory-motor …

Facial expressions of emotion states and their neuronal correlates in mice

N Dolensek, DA Gehrlach, AS Klein, N Gogolla - Science, 2020 - science.org
Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of emotion relies on objective readouts of
the emotional state of an individual, which remains a major challenge especially in animal …

DeepEthogram, a machine learning pipeline for supervised behavior classification from raw pixels

JP Bohnslav, NK Wimalasena, KJ Clausing, YY Dai… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Videos of animal behavior are used to quantify researcher-defined behaviors of interest to
study neural function, gene mutations, and pharmacological therapies. Behaviors of interest …