Backpropagation and the brain

TP Lillicrap, A Santoro, L Marris, CJ Akerman… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
During learning, the brain modifies synapses to improve behaviour. In the cortex, synapses
are embedded within multilayered networks, making it difficult to determine the effect of an …

[HTML][HTML] The quest for multiscale brain modeling

E D'Angelo, V Jirsa - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
Addressing the multiscale organization of the brain, which is fundamental to the dynamic
repertoire of the organ, remains challenging. In principle, it should be possible to model …

Single-cell spatial transcriptome reveals cell-type organization in the macaque cortex

A Chen, Y Sun, Y Lei, C Li, S Liao, J Meng, Y Bai, Z Liu… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Elucidating the cellular organization of the cerebral cortex is critical for understanding brain
structure and function. Using large-scale single-nucleus RNA sequencing and spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated morphoelectric and transcriptomic classification of cortical GABAergic cells

NW Gouwens, SA Sorensen, F Baftizadeh, A Budzillo… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neurons are frequently classified into distinct types on the basis of structural, physiological,
or genetic attributes. To better constrain the definition of neuronal cell types, we …

Local connectivity and synaptic dynamics in mouse and human neocortex

L Campagnola, SC Seeman, T Chartrand, L Kim… - Science, 2022 - science.org
We present a unique, extensive, and open synaptic physiology analysis platform and
dataset. Through its application, we reveal principles that relate cell type to synaptic …

Shared and distinct transcriptomic cell types across neocortical areas

B Tasic, Z Yao, LT Graybuck, KA Smith, TN Nguyen… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The neocortex contains a multitude of cell types that are segregated into layers and
functionally distinct areas. To investigate the diversity of cell types across the mouse …

Development and functional diversification of cortical interneurons

L Lim, D Mi, A Llorca, O Marín - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
In the cerebral cortex, GABAergic interneurons have evolved as a highly heterogeneous
collection of cell types that are characterized by their unique spatial and temporal …

Astrocyte heterogeneity: impact to brain aging and disease

I Matias, J Morgado, FCA Gomes - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes, one of the largest glial cell population in the central nervous system (CNS), play
a key function in several events of brain development and function, such as synapse …

Neuronal cell-type classification: challenges, opportunities and the path forward

H Zeng, JR Sanes - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Neurons have diverse molecular, morphological, connectional and functional properties. We
believe that the only realistic way to manage this complexity—and thereby pave the way for …

GABAergic interneurons in the neocortex: from cellular properties to circuits

R Tremblay, S Lee, B Rudy - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Cortical networks are composed of glutamatergic excitatory projection neurons and local
GABAergic inhibitory interneurons that gate signal flow and sculpt network dynamics …