Thalamic regulation of switching between cortical representations enables cognitive flexibility

RV Rikhye, A Gilra, MM Halassa - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Interactions between the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and mediodorsal thalamus are critical for
cognitive flexibility, yet the underlying computations are unknown. To investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Disrupted place cell remap** and impaired grid cells in a knockin model of Alzheimer's disease

H Jun, A Bramian, S Soma, T Saito, TC Saido… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) suffer from spatial memory impairment and
wandering behavior, but the brain circuit mechanisms causing such symptoms remain …

[HTML][HTML] An ultra-sensitive step-function opsin for minimally invasive optogenetic stimulation in mice and macaques

X Gong, D Mendoza-Halliday, JT Ting, T Kaiser, X Sun… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Optogenetics is among the most widely employed techniques to manipulate neuronal
activity. However, a major drawback is the need for invasive implantation of optical fibers. To …

Prefrontal cortex regulates sensory filtering through a basal ganglia-to-thalamus pathway

M Nakajima, LI Schmitt, MM Halassa - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
To make adaptive decisions, organisms must appropriately filter sensory inputs, augmenting
relevant signals and suppressing noise. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) partly implements this …

Experience-dependent resonance in amygdalo-cortical circuits supports fear memory retrieval following extinction

M Ozawa, P Davis, J Ni, J Maguire, T Papouin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Learned fear and safety are associated with distinct oscillatory states in the basolateral
amygdala (BLA) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). To determine if and how these …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the circuit basis of cognitive functions using mouse models

M Nakajima, LI Schmitt - Neuroscience Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding how cognitive functions arise from computations occurring in the brain
requires the ability to measure and perturb neural activity while the relevant circuits are …

The development of piezoelectric inchworm actuator clamped with magnetorheological elastomer and its potential application in brain–computer interface …

Q Lu, J Ma, X Lin, Y Hu, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The piezoelectric inchworm actuator with high-positioning accuracy and large output force is
a potential device to implant microelectrode in the invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) …

In vivo recordings in freely behaving mice using independent silicon probes targeting multiple brain regions

E Ferreira-Fernandes, M Laranjo, T Reis… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In vivo recordings in freely behaving animals are crucial to understand the neuronal circuit
basis of behavior. Although current multi-channel silicon probes provide unparalleled …

Combinatorial targeting of distributed forebrain networks reverses noise hypersensitivity in a model of autism spectrum disorder

M Nakajima, LI Schmitt, G Feng, MM Halassa - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with noise hypersensitivity, the suboptimal
extraction of meaningful signals in noisy environments. Because sensory filtering can …

Medial entorhinal cortex excitatory neurons are necessary for accurate timing

M Dias, R Ferreira, M Remondes - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
The hippocampal region has long been considered critical for memory of time, and recent
evidence shows that network operations and single-unit activity in the hippocampus and …