Why is everyone talking about brain state?

AS Greene, C Horien, D Barson, D Scheinost… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
The rapid and coordinated propagation of neural activity across the brain provides the
foundation for complex behavior and cognition. Technical advances across neuroscience …

In vivo imaging of neural activity

W Yang, R Yuste - Nature methods, 2017 - nature.com
Since the introduction of calcium imaging to monitor neuronal activity with single-cell
resolution, optical imaging methods have revolutionized neuroscience by enabling …

Multimodal monitoring of human cortical organoids implanted in mice reveal functional connection with visual cortex

MN Wilson, M Thunemann, X Liu, Y Lu, F Puppo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human cortical organoids, three-dimensional neuronal cultures, are emerging as powerful
tools to study brain development and dysfunction. However, whether organoids can …

Deep posteromedial cortical rhythm in dissociation

S Vesuna, IV Kauvar, E Richman, F Gore, T Oskotsky… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Advanced imaging methods now allow cell-type-specific recording of neural activity across
the mammalian brain, potentially enabling the exploration of how brain-wide dynamical …

Global representations of goal-directed behavior in distinct cell types of mouse neocortex

WE Allen, IV Kauvar, MZ Chen, EB Richman, SJ Yang… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
The successful planning and execution of adaptive behaviors in mammals may require long-
range coordination of neural networks throughout cerebral cortex. The neuronal …

Task-dependent changes in the large-scale dynamics and necessity of cortical regions

L Pinto, K Rajan, B DePasquale, SY Thiberge… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Neural activity throughout the cortex is correlated with perceptual decisions, but inactivation
studies suggest that only a small number of areas are necessary for these behaviors. Here …

Metastable brain waves

JA Roberts, LL Gollo, RG Abeysuriya, G Roberts… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Traveling patterns of neuronal activity—brain waves—have been observed across a breadth
of neuronal recordings, states of awareness, and species, but their emergence in the human …

Not so spontaneous: Multi-dimensional representations of behaviors and context in sensory areas

L Avitan, C Stringer - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Sensory areas are spontaneously active in the absence of sensory stimuli. This
spontaneous activity has long been studied; however, its functional role remains largely …

Ultra-slow oscillations in fMRI and resting-state connectivity: neuronal and vascular contributions and technical confounds

PJ Drew, C Mateo, KL Turner, X Yu, D Kleinfeld - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Ultra-slow,∼ 0.1-Hz variations in the oxygenation level of brain blood are widely
used as an fMRI-based surrogate of" resting-state" neuronal activity. The temporal …

Wave-like dopamine dynamics as a mechanism for spatiotemporal credit assignment

AA Hamid, MJ Frank, CI Moore - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Significant evidence supports the view that dopamine shapes learning by encoding reward
prediction errors. However, it is unknown whether striatal targets receive tailored dopamine …